The English Revolution was a period in the history of England which was characterized by constant clashes between members of the parliament headed by Oliver Cromwell and the English monarchy represented by King Charles I. This period was between 1642 and 1689 when it finally ended. It should be noted that this conflict in arms lasted for about 18 years.
Everything begins as a result of the death of Elizabeth I, at the beginning of the seventeenth century, the monarchical regime of Great Britain was awarded to the dynasty of the Stuarts, first in the person of Jacob and then passed to his son Carlos I. These monarchs They promoted the belief that if royalty ruled it was because God wanted it that way and it was precisely this that led to certain altercations between the king and the British Parliament.
The English revolution arose from two causes: a policy, since Charles I tried to impose a monarchical absolutism in England, without respecting the authorities that make up the parliament, based on the idea that the power of the monarchy had given by divine right. And the other cause is religious, this is due in principle, because King Charles I was Catholic and established a policy based on religious limitations, which caused the enmity of most of the members of the Parliament who were Protestant.
By 1640 this rivalry between the two forces was greater and worsened when the king asked the parliament to support him financially, to finance the war between England and the Scottish Calvinists. The parliament decided not to finance anything, which deeply upset the sovereign, who, rebuked by the opposition, decides to close the parliament.
The armed conflict began in the year 1642 and where the royalists' side defeated the army of parliament, which was represented by Puritans. They were several years of brutal fighting, so that in the end the king's army was completely defeated in the year 1651.
Oliver Cromwell an English military and politician, member of Parliament assumes power and is proclaimed as the protector of England and assumes power until the day of his death. During his government, peace was always present, there was a lot of religious tolerance, where freedom of worship prevailed. However, this revolution ends, when the kingdom is reconquered by the lineage of the Stuarts.
