Oliver Cromwell, hero or villain?

Hero
1. He fought a lot for Parliament and his people.
2. He fought for what he believed in and he sorted the King's treason "problem" out.
3. He was a very good army leader with lots of discipline.
4. He ruled with toleration and moderation
Villain
1. He took more power than any king ever had
2. No Quarter, in the 17th century, people weren't supposed to kill surrenders. Oliver Cromwell killed everybody and took no surrenders.
3. Oliver Cromwell set up his army to tell people to go west, or else they would die. They died in the west anyway because of poor farmland and crop growth. They starved. The land was very barren.
Other information
1. The Irish supported the King during the Civil war. In 1649, Ireland rebelled because the King's head had been cut off. Cromwell sent the army to crush the rebellion, no quarter which means give nothing, take no prisoners, kill everybody. The did in fact kill everybody, rumours were that they nailed a baby to a church door.
2. He was a dictator, and led purely through force only.
3. Oliver Cromwell got his right to rule from the army. He didn't have a right to rule normally, as a king.

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	Created by Joe Dry over 9 years ago