In British history, many people ruled with varying benefits to their country. Oliver Cromwell is one of the most beneficial leaders to England. Throughout his leadership, he caused social reforms, united Scotland, Ireland, and England under one ruler, and focused on making peace after each war. Cromwell benefited England by using an appropriate balance of peace and force. This balance allowed for England’s expansion and reformation. When Cromwell took over England in 1653, he issued many social reforms. One reform included decreasing alcoholism and swearing (olivercromwell.org). He decreased this by giving harsh punishments for these offenses. This greatly helped the country of England advance socially. Although this was severe, this did succeed …show more content…
Before this time, Ireland and England had been united, but Ireland frequently rebelled against England (historyofengland.net). In 1641, another rebellion started during Cromwell’s reign. This war was critical for the unification of the two islands of Great Britain and Ireland. Ireland had a climate that was harsh for the invading army, so Cromwell had a very difficult time conquering forts. There were two key forts in West Ireland that Cromwell planned to conquer. Wexford was a well established fort on the southern side of Ireland, and Drogheda was a fort in the middle of Ireland. After taking Drogheda, Cromwell marched south to Wexford. This was considered the last major resistance to the English advance. When Cromwell’s army reached Wexford, a defecting officer allowed his army to march into the fort and conquer it. After this, his army moved west. Many villages after Drogheda and Wexford did not want to be under Cromwell’s rule, but the Protectorate offered “protection from looting” and “no harm to the officers” if they did not fight. Most of the villages agreed to these terms. Although the harsh climate of Ireland and winter eventually forced Cromwell to retreat to England, he had conquered much of Ireland. This was unlike the rebellions before because most of the villages Cromwell marched into surrendered peacefully. Also, a major army that could have stopped him, led by Ormonde, was not united. Many Irish wanted to be ruled by England. Without this disunity in Ireland, Cromwell would have been forced to retreat earlier because of an army three times as large as his. After winter, Cromwell still had his eastern forts of Wexford and Drogheda, so he moved west. He again offered many villages protection from looting if they surrendered, and this worked. The last major forts were led by Ormonde. Nearly all of the Irish viewed him similarly to Cromwell, and Cromwell was able to benefit from this. Without a
Oliver Cromwell was a well known military dictator. He helped the Parliamentarians win the First Civil War and was named Lord Protector. He died in 1658 but many people still remember him as one of the best leaders in history although others believe he was a harsh tyrant and always wanted too much power for himself. Throughout the years, numerous historians have changed their views on whether he was a good leader or not. This work will look at three interpretations from different people on who Cromwell was and what he was like and compare them.
During these times, domestic violence was commonplace and many blamed alcohol as the culprit. Reformers also noticed that alcohol decreased efficiency of labor and thought of alcohol as a menace to society because it left men irresponsible and lacking self control. One reformer, named Lyman Beecher, argued that the act of alcohol consumption was immoral and will destroy the nation. Document H depicts the progression of becoming a drunkard from a common m...
The tense relationship between Ireland and England lasted for many years. There were constant attempts from the English government to exercise control over its neighbors, which were, at the same time, answered with several insurrections.
A conquered people leave behind little in records. This statement is certainly true of the Irish after the Elizabethan and Cromwellian conquest of Britain. Historians must then search for a reliable source for the history of those conquered.. Luckily, Ireland has a long legacy of bardic poetry. In the four papers we read in this class, four authors, Brendan Bradshaw, Nicholas Canny, T.J. Dunne and Bernadette Cunningham, already analyzed these poems. Each has come to different, separate conclusions, about how the conquest effected the native Irish. The opinions vary. Brenden Bradshaw sees a new nationalism arise. The others disagree. T.J. Dunne
The notion that Thomas Jefferson had a revelation in 1819 and suddenly subscribed to the idea of “dissemination” is utterly false. Regardless, this belief is as widespread as it is erroneous. The few laymen who are aware that there was a revolution in Haiti and have made the connection between the insurrection and the Louisiana Purchase fail to realize the underlying motives of Thomas Jefferson. Historians too have been blind to the nuanced indicators that prove Jefferson’s true motives behind his Haitian, Louisiana Territory, and slave trade policies. They uniformly insist that his support for diffusion began nearly thirty years after it actually did. Thomas Jefferson’s conviction that slavery could only be ended with the employment of dissemination can be traced back to the 1790’s by a careful reexamination of his policies as president. The compilation of Jefferson’s exerted influence in Haiti, his purchase of the Louisiana territory, and his discrete avocation for the extension of slavery clearly indicate that he was attempting to end slavery by diffusion as early as 1801.
Over time, England progressively gained full authority over Ireland. In 1541 the parliament in Dublin recognised a Protestant Englishman Henry VIII as the king of Ireland, despite the fact that the majority of the population were Roman Catholics. Many uprisings took place in Ireland over the centuries with little affect. The country of Ire...
... While Henry VIII was the king of England, he defeated France on many occasions, at the Battle of the Spurs for example. Henry VIII was also responsible for the religious reformation in England and changed the religion of England from the Roman Catholic faith to the Protestant Religion, and established the Church of England. If it weren’t for King Henry VIII, England would not have been as wealthy as it was because of the dissolution of the monasteries. The Act of Appeals aided the constitutional development of England, once again, thanks to Henry VIII.
Throughout history, there have been great leaders, some for the good of humanity, and some for the not-so good of humanity. The one element all leaders have in common is in some way, have changed the course of history. The one great leader I have found to be interesting and envision of a great leader is William Bradford, an original passenger on the Mayflower, and the first ever governor elected on what is to become, American Soil.
The Irish Republican Army started in Northern Ireland to protect and fight for the rights of the catholic citizens there. Ireland was conquered in 1607 by England, this brought protestant immigrants from England and Scotland. The Protestants quickly came to be the majority of the population. In the 1920s the island was partitioned and Catholics in the north felt that they had been removed from their political heritage. The Protestants felt like they were losing out on resources and wanted to keep control of the north. Neither side was satisfied and problems continued.
Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13, 1743. He was born on his father’s farm of Shadwell located along the Rivanna River in the Piedmont region of central Virginia at the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. In 1772 he married Martha Wayles Skelton (Martha Jefferson), an attractive and delicate young widow whose dowry more than doubled his holdings in land and slaves. Thomas Jefferson was a foremost important figure in America’s early expansion. Thomas Jefferson was a spokesman for democracy. He was an American Founding Father, also the principal author of the Declaration of Independence which was declared in the year 1776, and the third President of the United States who served from 1801 to 1809. Thomas Jefferson, who also served in the
Thomas Jefferson was and still is a very important face in history. Not only was he the third president of the United States, he was a lawyer, a magistrate, a county lieutenant, a member of the House of Burgesses, as well as a member of the Continental Congress. Most importantly he was one of our Founding fathers who helped shaped our destiny.
Oliver Cromwell was a prominent leader during the civil war. Cromwell played a leading role in capturing Charles I to trial and execution. During the civil war, Cromwell’s military abilities commit highly to the parliamentary victory which made him appointed as the new model army leader. Also, the parliaments determined that he would end the civil war as the powerful man in England. In the selection, Edmund Ludlow criticize about the new models of government. Cromwell dislikes the idea of new models of government because he feel the new models of government would destroy the power. Also, Ludlow criticizes about Cromwell’s power is being abused too much, so he feels that the nation should governed by its own. Cromwell’s responded that the government
Oliver Cromwell was an English peasant who became one of the most influential, effective and controversial leaders ever to rule England. A great military leader, he ultimately overthrew the King and, for the first time, changed his country from a monarchy to a Republic. Despite the fact that he was a strong leader, Cromwell’s goal and achievement of eliminating the monarchy did not last long after his death. Oliver Cromwell was and remains a controversial figure in history, reviled by many and revered by many others.
On the 14th of September in the year 1607 the Earl of Tyrone Hugh O’Neill and the Earl of Tyrconnel Rory O’Donnell fled Ireland alongside officials, their families and numerous Gaelic chieftains. They left Ireland from Rathmullen in County Donegal. This flee was to become known as the flight of the Earls. They arrived in the Spanish Netherlands and then eventually made their way to Rome. The Flight of the Earls led to the most drastic form of the British government’s policy of plantation in Ireland. The Flight of the Earls has remained as one of the most memorable events in the history of Ireland. But what exactly were the reasons for the Flight of the Earls? The causes have been debated by historians with different interpretations as to why they fled but it is clear that the influence of the Earls in Ireland have been diminished greatly in the years prior to the Flight of the Earls. This essay seeks to clarify the reasons for the decline in power of the Earls in Ireland through exploration of the solidification of British rule in Ireland, along with key events in the years prior to the Flight of the Earls such as Hugh O’Neill’s campaign and onto the nine years war and the Battle of Kinsale and the Treaty of Mellifont after the Battle of Kinsale.
Despite the oppressive nature of the Protestant Ascendancy, no rebellion took place in Ireland for more than a century after Williamite War. Ireland was in absolute tranquil mainly because Irish Catholic simply do not have the will to rebel against their protestant overlord again. The bloody defeat of the Jacobites, pro-James III Irish-Catholic dissenter, in Williamite War took a heavy toll on Ireland Catholic population both morally and economically.