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1) King: Regalist had long hair and were known as Cavaliers; The Lords, the gentry and the Church of england supported them.
Parliament: Roundheads cut their hair short, and they were from London, the port, the underpaid Navy, the new gentry, the landowners, artisans ans puritans.
2) 1C 2D 3A 4B
3) Its soldiers fought strongly and steadily; they were educated, puritan men who believed that God Himself was on their side. When they reorganized the Army in 1645, Parliament acquired a decisive advantage over the Stuart monarchy.
5) Positive Achievements: 1. Granted religious toleration; 2. The lost prestige of England was restored; 3. The Navy was reorganized, and England had now supremacy on the seas; 4. In 1654 it defeated Dutch, and in 1655 won over the Spanish fleet and captured the Carribean Island of Jamaica.
Negative Achievements: 1. The Rump Parliament voted for the execution of the King; 2. In 1649 Cromwell ruthlessy crushed a rebellion in Ireland, destroying catholic churches and killing the rebels; 3. They depended to much on the army that brought them to power; 4. After Cromwell's death, his son proved uncapable to control the army commanders and take care of the country: he was too weak, and had to resign after a year.
FINE
...ancora una volta, vi auguro un buon studio ^^
Baci dolci e Caramelle
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