Oliver Cromwell 🥶🥶⛓️

Question 1

Facts about Oliver Cromwell

Answer 1

Born - 1599 in Huntingdon, Cambridge
Religion - Puritan
Became member of parliament (MP) in 1628

Question 2

What type of changes did Cromwell make in England? (List 3 - 5)

Answer 2

-shut theatres
-banned most sports
-clothing to be black and fully covering body
-no makeup
-fast once a month
-swearing punishable
-couldn’t celebrate Christmas
-cant work on a Sunday

Question 3

What are the 4 reasons for Cromwell coming to Ireland?

Answer 3

• crush Irish rebels
• reward those who supported Parliament
• defeat supporters of the king (these people controlled Drogheda)
• take land for payment of his soldiers wages

Question 4

Who was the royalist commander at Drogheda?

Answer 4

Sir Arthur Aston

Question 5

Who won the siege of Drogheda

Answer 5

Cromwell won

Question 6

What changes did Cromwell make in Ireland?

Answer 6

• took control of Wexford (where civilians died in battle)
• he shut down Irish Parliaments
• he tried to shut down the Roman Catholic churches
• took land from Roman Catholic landowners
• took land from poor Roman Catholic farmers

Question 7

What were the rules of war?

Answer 7

1. Only kill soldiers NOT civilians.
2. You can offer surrender and if accepted, soldiers become prisoners of war (you cant kill or torture them). If surrender is refused, these soldiers can be attacked

Question 8

Can you confirm if Cromwell broke the rules of war at Drogheda?

Answer 8

No as all official sources are biased