Constitutionalism
So You Killed Your King,
Now What?
Purpose: Do actions always reflect intentions? Was
the resultant govenment of Oliver Cromwell what
he envisioned?
Unit 2, Class 9
Part One: C3-1 or Cromwell and Commonwealth
Section A: Definition
Section B: The Commonwealth (Video notes)
1. Who was Oliver Cromwell and was he ‘all but king’?
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2. What type of government did Cromwell seek?
3.Was Pride’s Rump Parliament a Sodom or Jerusalem?
4. After Cromwell seized power, he struggles with the concepts of righteous and reasonable.
What was his dilemma?
Significant Quote: “ultimately formed the blueprint of constitutional monarchy”
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Statue of Oliver Cromwell
in a place of honor outside Westminster Hall.
Part Two: Life Under the Protectorate
Section A: Two Views of Cromwell
Examine and interpret each political cartoon. How does each view Oliver Cromwell?
Section B: Life in the Commonwealth (Video Notes)
1. What was life like under the Comonwealth?
2. What is the relationship between Cromwell and the English Jewish community? What are the two
reasons for this relationship?
3. What did Cromwell leave behind?
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4. This cartoon comments upon the foreign policy of Oliver P.. Examine and describe Oliver Cromwell’s foreign policy. Does the cartoon consider his policy a success or a failure?
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Name: ______________________________
Part Three: Homework Check
1. Did the Civil War solve anything?
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