Zusammenfassung der Ressource
English Civil War
- Oliver Cromwell
- Leader of the protestants
- Otherwise known as the roundheads
- Didn't want to rebel against the king but
saw that he was taking land from
innocent people and make changes to
the protestant churches, he thought it
was his only choice.
- During the civil war Cromwell created the
new model army to defeat the cavilers (the
Catholics)
- Cromwell was one of the MPs
that Charles I attempted to
arrest.
- Charles II
- Leader of the Catholic army
- otherwise known as the Cavaliers
- the King
- hated Parliament
- spent 11 years
avoiding them
- tried to arrest five MPs
- used ship money to
get money
- signed a
document saying
that he wouldn't do
it again, went
outside and ripped
it up
- declared war
on his counrty
- married a
catholic queen
- decorated
churches