Oliver Cromwell

Reilly Trieloff, Olivia Jackson, Finnian O’Hara, Devante Lovett, Marissa Piwowarski
Oliver Cromwell's nickname was Old Ironsides and he was also called Lord Protector.
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Oliver
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Cromwell in Parliament
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“New Model Army” was led by Cromwell
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Oliver Cromwell cancelled Christmas

Timeline:
1628- became of member of the Parliament for Huntington
1630- converts to a Puritan; becomes a "servant of God"
1640- Returns to the Parliament (for Cambridge) because Charles I ends his 11 year rule
1642- named Captain of the Horse; gets a troop for Calvary
1643- promoted to Colonel of the Horse; and then named Leiutenant
1647- Talk of the New Model Army and and the Levellers
1648- Cromwell becomes one of the leaders for the New Model Army
1649- England becomes a commonwealth and Cromwell leads a group to crush Ireland
1650- Leads New Model Army to Scotland, and defeats the Scottish army
1653- Becomes most powerful man in England and is called Lord Protector
1657- Council thinks that Cromwell should become King, but he refuses the crown
1660- After Cromwell's death, King Charles II is restored to the throne

Poem:
Oliver Cromwell was born in 1599,
not knowing if everything would be fine.
He became a member of the Parliament,
because of his interest in the government.
He acted as a servant of God starting in 1630,
because a Puritan was what he wanted to be.
Charles I ends his 11 year ruling course,
and Oliver becomes Colonel of the Horse.
Cromwell leads the New Model Army in good health,
and England becomes a commonwealth.
The Lord Protector has a good ring,
but he refused the position of the King.
When Cromwell died, Puritans gave a moan,
because Charles II was restored to the throne.

Historical Significance Paragraph-
Oliver Cromwell was a Cambridge graduate and became a member of parliament by the late 1640s. He was un afraid and took risks when it came to talking to parliament. He went out of his way to defend people and topics and he felt that there was always room for improvement. He suggested that instead of a king, army officials should be appointed as leaders. In 1628, he was selected MP of parliament where he became evolved in the opposition of King Charles. He was also a very successful military leader. He defeated many tribes and civilisations with little to no leadership experience. This made him a special man that people around the world know today.

3 Main themes:
Oliver Cromwell was an English military and political leader and later Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland. led the common wealth-There were no plans for an alternative government in place and Cromwell made no attempt to take power himself. The Rump Parliament was replaced by the Nominated Assembly, popularly known as "Barebone's Parliament", which first met in July 1653. Cromwell regarded the Assembly as a "Parliament of Saints" and expected it to bring righteous, godly government to the Commonwealth. The Nominated Assembly was the most radical constitutional experiment of the 1650s, but the legal and reforms it tried to introduce were regarded as too extreme by moderates.
Oliver Cromwell led puritans to win civil war-won the English Civil War because he created and convinced parliament to establish a professional army. When the Civil War ended with Parliament victorious, Cromwell played a part in trying to keep Parliament united. He also tried to smooth things between Parliament and the army in 1647 when the army mutinied and refused to disband. He played a prominent part in the second Civil War and was the prime mover behind the decision to execute the King in 1649 and the establishment of the Commonwealth. Having stabilized England, Cromwell left for Ireland to put down the Irish Civil War. As an extreme Puritan, he hated the Catholics and had never forgiven them for their alleged massacre of Protestants in 1641.He therefore felt he was justified in seeking revenge and was responsible for the Massacre of Drogheda in September 1649.
created a new model army-  New Model Army  won the decisive victory over the king's forces at Naseby in 1645. The New Model Army of England was formed in 1645 by the Parliamentarians in the English Civil War, and was disbanded in 1660 after the Restoration. It differed from other armies in the series of civil wars referred to as the Wars of the Three Kingdoms in that it was intended as an army liable for service anywhere in the country (including in Scotland and Ireland), rather than being tied to a single area or garrison. Its soldiers became full-time professionals, rather than part-time militia. To establish a professional officer corps, the army's leaders were prohibited from having seats in either the House of Lords or House of Commons. This was to encourage their separation from the political or religious factions among the Parliamentarians.The New Model Army was raised partly from among veteran soldiers who already had deeply held Puritan religious convictions, and partly from conscripts who brought with them many commonly held beliefs about religion or society

Pictures/Timeline/Poem- Reilly
Historical significance- Olivia
Text based on themes- Marissa
Pictures and labels/supporting images- Devante
Catch phrase/title- Finnian