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Puritan Revolution: Cromwell and the Rise of Parliamentary Democracy

Depicts the oppression of Parliament and the Puritans by Charles I, King of England, and his eventual execution, which permitted rule by the people. Indicates the demand that sovereign rule be abolished in favor of a democratic government was aggravated by the heavy taxes collected to support an external war and by the suppression of Protestants and Parliament by the King's Catholic wife. Reconstructs the opposing activities, led by Oliver Cromwell, which brought about the beheading of Charles I., Shows how the revolt of Parliament against Charles I in the 1640's, under the leadership of Oliver Cromwell and the Puritans, destroyed the absolute power of the English monarchy and directed the country on the road to parliamentary democracy.
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, Depicts the oppression of Parliament and the Puritans by Charles I, King of England, and his eventual execution, which permitted rule by the people. Indicates the demand that sovereign rule be abolished in favor of a democratic government was aggravated by the heavy taxes collected to support an external war and by the suppression of Protestants and Parliament by the King's Catholic wife. Reconstructs the opposing activities, led by Oliver Cromwell, which brought about the beheading of Charles I., Shows how the revolt of Parliament against Charles I in the 1640's, under the leadership of Oliver Cromwell and the Puritans, destroyed the absolute power of the English monarchy and directed the country on the road to parliamentary democracy.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.

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