Cromwell's Dark Puritan Rule
Oliver Cromwell takes over England after the Parliament that was suppose to be better for England flopped. He took over because the Rump Parliament proved that they were ineffective leaders and had refused to hold elections for Parliament. So Oliver marched in with the army and became the military dictator of England. He divided England into districts ruled by one of his generals who were to keep order and collect taxes for him. He also made the Calvinist Blue Laws, they're called blue because they took everything fun out of life for the English people. They were strict laws that stopped Christmas, gambling, dancing, sports and theater, similar to the Puritan way of life. Cromwell realized through his rule he had become the type of ruler he was trying to remove from England. When Oliver Cromwell died in 1658 and since his son was incapable of ruling England it made the republic experiment a flop. Oliver took over England and followed the same pattern monarchs went through before him, greed and the over abundance of power.