Restoration England Notes

1. The Stuart line was being restored after Cromwell
• Cromwell died
• His son tries to claim power and was not a strong leader
2. Charles I is executed and Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of England
3. Cromwell dies and Charles II is brought of exile
• Charles II is restored to the throne
4. Cromwell called himself a seeker
• He wanted God's destiny for himself and his country
5. Cromwell sensed that God had a special service for him
6. He went to war as a complete novice
7. He had an aura of invincibility
8. Charles was an imperishable martyr
9. Charles II was waiting for his call from exile in France
10. Cromwell led the New Model Army
11. Oliver got a degree in law at Oxford
12. Cromwell murdered 3,000 royalist soldiers
13. Cromwell treated Ireland like a primitive colony
14. Charles II was invited to be Ireland's king
15. Charles II ran away after a battle until he could be smuggled out of the country
16. When Cromwell came back to London he was an English Caesar
17. Cromwell turned Great Britain into a republic
18. Parliament and Cromwell were against each other.  Cromwell accused Parliament of being unjust
• He called in the musketeers and Parliament was shut down
19. Cromwell could have ceased power but he wasn't working for himself he was working for God
20. Cromwell was king in all but name
21. His hope was for a settling
22. He did not know which direction to take the country
23. Cromwell let his major generals go to work
24. Jews were allowed to live and worship freely
25. Cromwell could never feel worthy
• This is what saved England from a dictatorship
26. September 3, 1668: Cromwell died
27. Cromwell wanted a quiet life for everyone in England
28. George Monk: a royalist in the civil war
• Knew that the only person who could take Cromwell's place was a new king
29. Charles II came to the throne because Cromwell needed a successor
30. People were joyful for Charles II's return
31. January 30, 1661: Cromwell and the tyrannicides were taken from their tombs and hanged, drawn, and quartered
32. 1664, a comet appeared in the sky
• Most people thought the apocalypse was coming
• The bubonic plague soon followed
• 1/6 of the population perished
33. Fire of London
• 1666
• A fire started in a bakery
• Spread through the streets
• 10,000 houses burned at once