Ontario Public School History of England : Authorized by the Minister of Education for Ontario for Use in Forms IV and V of the Public Schools . nce in thepalace of the late king. After this Cromwell made oneor two attempts to rule byParliament, and even to revivethe House of Lords, but hisefforts ended in failure. In facthe was as ready to quarrel withParliaments as Charles I hadbeen. He really ruled by thearmy, and, in 1655, divided thecountry into ten military dis-tricts, over each of which he placed a major-general, who wasto keep order and enforce the law; but, nearly two years later,in d
Ontario Public School History of England : Authorized by the Minister of Education for Ontario for Use in Forms IV and V of the Public Schools . nce in thepalace of the late king. After this Cromwell made oneor two attempts to rule byParliament, and even to revivethe House of Lords, but hisefforts ended in failure. In facthe was as ready to quarrel withParliaments as Charles I hadbeen. He really ruled by thearmy, and, in 1655, divided thecountry into ten military dis-tricts, over each of which he placed a major-general, who wasto keep order and enforce the law; but, nearly two years later,in deference to the wishes of his second Parliament, he with-drew them, and allowed things to go on in the usual would not tolerate disorder, and some who stirred uprebellion against him soon found their way to the , however, had the laws been more strictly or justlyadministered. On the very day that the Commonwealthconcluded an alliance with Portugal, the brother of thePortuguese ambassador was hanged in London for his rule, also, the Jews, who had been banished byEdward I, were allowed to return to Oliver Cromwell 178 HISTORY OF ENGLAND [1658 Cromwell made the name of England respected was again a great power, and acted as the protectorof the weak and the oppressed throughout Europe. He him-self said in his speech to his first Parliament, I dare saythere is not a nation in Europe but is willing to ask a goodunderstanding with you. 176. Dissatisfaction with Puritan rule.—It was a goodgovernment, but it was arbitrary, and the people of Englandwere not satisfied to have power so absolute in the hands ofany one man. Then, too, there were very strict laws for-bidding many things that a great part of the nation lookedupon as harmless. The Puritans called it wicked to playchess, to dance around a May-pole, to go fox-hunting, or toeat mince-pie at Christmas. As for the theatres, they had allbeen closed in 1642; for the Puritans
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