Cromwell as lord protector

• after the kings death, england was ruled by a rump parliament who abolished the monarchy and the house of lords
• What did parliament want to do with religion?

  make church attendance compulsory and all services be the same
• In april 1653, what did cromwell do?


  dissolved the rump parliament
• What was the period of 1653-1658 called?

  The protectorate
• Parliament and cromwell shared control of what?

  The army
• Cromwell divided the country up into regions and appointed

  major generals to rule each area
• In 1657 parliament presented cromwell with the humble petition and advice
• major generals passed laws to stamp out swearing, adultery, prostitution, drunkenness and gambling
• the humble petition and advice proposed:

  • cromwell to be king
  • reduction in the army
  • parliament should have more power over taxes
• cromwell refused to accept the humble petition and advised that he would not take on royal powers until people were ready for it.
• cromwell became lord protector in 1658
• the new parliament was called the barebone’s parliament
• barebone's parliament lasted only two months
• in 1659 cromwell dissolved parliament again
• in 1659 cromwell summoned another parliament but this time they had to swear an oath promising loyalty to him
• in 1657 cromwell dissolved parliament because they had failed to pass his reforming legislation
• cromwell wanted to make sure that there was no opposition from the church or parliament so he made himself lord protector
• cromwell set up an advisory council of state which included puritans who supported him
• in 1657, cromwell had been offered the crown but turned it down because he believed god wanted him to rule without being king
• the second rump parliament passed laws which made cromwell dictator for life, abolished the house of lords and gave all power to the commons
• in 1654, cromwell introduced the humble petition and advice which allowed him to make laws without consulting parliament
• the rump parliament feared change and new ideas
• Cromwell didn't make the country a dictatorship in 1653 because ehe knew how unpopular it would be
• the barebones parliament was made up of 144 men sympathetic to Cromwell
• he dissolved the rump parliament because they turned out to be more radical that even Cromwell was surprised
• the period of 1653-8 was called the protectorate
• Cromwell and the army were puritans who wanted to do what with religion?

  more religious toleration so they could study the bible , ask questions, discuss ideas and become closer to God
• Cromwell wanted a 'reformation of manners' , he wanted people acting more like puritans
• the major generals were a failure, the local gentry though that they interfered with their authority and justices as magistrates