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Cromwell dictatorship
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Cromwell dictatorship
Old commonwealth= common kingdom of english wealth
N...
Old commonwealth= common kingdom of english wealth
New commonwealth= century, economy alleance
This new kind of governement started with the behead of Charles (first time in Europe)
Between 1648 up to 1658 Cromwell were call as “Lord Protector” of England,Ireland a...
Between 1648 up to 1658 Cromwell were call as “Lord Protector” of England,Ireland and Scotland which means that he was felt by people like a Lord (God).
DOMESTIC POLITICS
- He tried to help the middle class (puritans wanted him to be the leader)
- Created new taxes for richest people high aristocracy
- Abolished feudal privilege (upper class didn’t pay taxes)
- He improved the trades for helping the middle class (mainly by the sea)
- He was a tollerant leader towards all the faiths but (eccetto) toward catholics, he was very hard against them.
- He wanted that women had very strict in behavior
- He was strict about theatre (Elizabeth was openmind about it)
FOREIGN POLITICS
FOREIGN POLITICS
- He had to fight against Spain (huge intollerance about the control of the sea) and with the help of France and Portugal he could defeat the Spain. After this battle England own new land like Jamaica.
- Dutch war in 1651 Cromwell made special act (navigation act) and it was made to stop the dutch power over the seas. He decided that only english ship could enter into english port (this was marched before by Elizabeth )
- During the dutch war, england had sever...
- During the dutch war, england had several victories,this is the reason why they could promulgate the navigation act. In second time the England were defeated by the dutch but they re-negotiate all the act (even if the act kept on for 2 century) and they obtain the “New Amsteram” on the east cost of USA and from 1552 the “New Amsterdam” became “New York” and the dutch wanted that the act was softer.
AFTER death of Cromwell
When Cromwell died in 1658 his son got the power Richard but he was a weak man so he couldn’t prosegue this throne and he retired to private life so the throne come back to the Stuart. Charles in 1616 and he began an absolute kingdom.
Charles II
Richard Cromwell