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Oliver Cromwell Quiz

Answer these questions about Oliver Cromwell.
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Last updated: July 24, 2019
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First submittedJuly 23, 2019
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Born in this year:
1599
Cromwell was born in this town:
Huntingdon
Cromwell's wife:
Elizabeth
Number of children he had with his wife:
9
Cromwell was nicknamed "Old...
Ironsides
Descended from the sister of this influential minister of Henry VIII:
Thomas Cromwell
Disagreed with this controversial Archbishop:
Archbishop Laud
Was part of this Protestant religious movement:
Puritanism
His first (if brief) appearance in battle was at the Battle of:
Edgehill
Distinguished himself in the largest battle of the Civl War, the Battle of:
Marston Moor
Was governor of this Isle:
Isle of Ely
This ordinance threatened Cromwell's position as both an MP and military commander:
Self-Denying Ordinance
Helped to form this army:
New Model Army
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Decisive battle of the Civil War where Royalist hopes were crushed, the Battle of:
Naseby
The Parliamentary Commander Cromwell fought under at the above battle:
Thomas Fairfax
The King Cromwell had beheaded:
Charles I
Put down a mutiny by this radical, democratic movement:
The Levellers
Notorious for the massacre of a garrison in this Irish town:
Drogheda
Title Cromwell took as leader of The Commonwealth:
Lord Protector
Allowed this ethno-religious group to return to England:
The Jews
Ended an unpopular naval war against this Protestant country:
The Dutch Republic
Had this Carribean island conquered:
Jamaica
Obtained possession of this port (to play a key role in WW2) from France in return for sending an expeditionary force to Spanish Flanders:
Dunkirk
Contracted this mosquito-borne disease shortly before his death:
Malaria
Died in this year:
1658
Succeeded by this son:
Richard
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