Cromwells Rule

, he abolished the monarchy and the House of Lords. He established a commonwealth, a republican form of government. Cromwell landed on Irish shores with an army and crushed the uprising. He seized the lands and homes of the Irish and gave them to English soldiers. Fighting, plague, and famine killed hundreds of thousands. In 1653, Cromwell sent home the remaining members of Parliament. wrote the first written constitution of any modern European state. This new government was called the Protectorate. Oliver Cromwell became the head of state, called the Lord Protector. Under Cromwell, the Protectorate provided for a large army and navy. He even allowed Jews to return; they had been expelled from England in 1290. Cromwell also promoted education by setting up many new schools, and he reduced punishments for minor crimes. He starts ba very strict, conservative puritan country, he prohibitted: music, traditions, christmas was prohibitted, gathering, made, a very sad this years were known as interregnum period entre reinos (1649-1660).