Oliver_Cromwell

Oliver Cromwell Detecting the Past Oliver Cromwell and the Puritan Victory in England Oliver Cromwell, a conservative and strict Puritan, made a name for himself by serving in the Long and Short Parliament in England. While he was serving in the Long Parliament, Charles I was in the process of trying to force a new prayer book, Catholicism, upon the people of Scotland. Cromwell and the Long Parliament stood steadfast until Charles was stopped. Charles went north and recruited an army to stand against Parliament and their forces. Parliament’s forces were called Roundheads. Because of the threat of Charles I, Cromwell donated 60 horses to the Roundheads when the war broke out. In the Battle of Edge Hill, the Royalist cavalry defeated the Roundheads. This prompted Cromwell to help train a professional cavalry in order to wage war against Charles I. In the process of leading the cavalry, Cromwell became known as “Ironsides” because of his undying fervor and strength towards the cause, and his leadership. Charles was defeated in 1645 by the Scots, who turned him over to Parliament. By the year 1646, Parliament cromwell, parliament, charles, england, because, war, upon, trying, scotland, roundheads, people, managed, long, leader, cavalry, catholicism, became, against, serving, puritanism, puritan, process, oliver, nobility, just, forcing, forces, force, defeated, cause, army, year, wwwforerunnercom/champion/x0004-3-oliver-cromwellhtm, while, waged, wage