Execution of Charles I and Oliver cromwell

• Reasons to kill Charles II

  • created unfair taxes
  • made the Scottish angry
  • spent lots of money on parties
  • refused to negotiate
  • had no respect for anyone
• Reasons to save him

  • He refused to say things in his defence
  • not enough people to vote
• The trial was held at Westminster Hall, London.
• There were 135 judges who voted against Charles.
• Charles was executed in 1649, and the monarchy was abolished
• Oliver Cromwell became Lord Protector instead
• Cromwell ruled England until he died in 1658
• His son Richard succeeded him but did not last long as king
• Under Cromwell's rule there was no

  
  

  makeup

  Football

  Christmas

  going to the pubs or theatre
• Oliver Cromwell became the lord and protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland after Charles I was executed
• Oliver was part of parliament
• Cromwell was a puritan protestant
• He believed that God had chosen him to lead his people
• After the death of Oliver Cromwell, the monarchy was brought back
• Oliver Cromwell's burial place says 1658-1661. This is because he was exhumed, hanged, and beheaded his bod parts being spread across England.
• when charles dies cromwell beahaved like a king and due to his religious views he baned fun activitys and christmas
• When Cromwell died in 1658 his son tried to run the country but parliament asked for Charles II in 1660 if he could rule because they had had enough
• Charles II became King again in 1660
• The restoration meant that the monarch came back into power
• Charles II was known as the merry monarch because he brought back entertainment and sports
• It was a very filthy place in England during this time as nobody knew about hygiene
• Charles II only became king after his uncle James II (Catholic) was killed in a battle with William of Orange (Protestant) who was king at the time at the battle of Boyhe in 1690