How did Oliver Cromwell make England better? Flashcards
After Charles I was overthrown, Oliver Cromwell took control and made England a…
Republic
England became a republic for the…
First time
How did Cromwell cut out a lot of corruption?
He made it far more difficult criminals to bribe their way out of a crime and coming from a rich background no longer meant people could escape the law.
Give an example of how a wealthy criminal during Cromwell’s serve could not bribe their way out.
Charles I was probably the richest and easily most powerful person in the country but still got executed.
How did Cromwell make republicanism more popular?
Since Cromwell was seen as a hero who saved England from a cruel and terrible king as well as disputedly being one of the greatest Englishmen of all time, the fact that many people saw a republic as a more fair way of running a country than a monarch was easily proven by him.
How did Cromwell modernize and improve democracy?
Parliament was trusted under the new republic and hence was given much more power than it ever had in its history. The way it was elected was also made much fairer, just like today.
How did Cromwell modernize and improve the army?
Before his serve, there would only be an army for an emergency and then after that, the people in the army would go back to their original jobs. Cromwell changed this by making England’s first permanent army consisting of 30,000 soldiers.
How did Cromwell make England more liberal?
Before Cromwell, all the ideas that the monarchy opposed were censored but Cromwell stopped this. It let many people share their ideas and it even hepled women to push their ideas and have them published.
