Discuss the political ideas of Oliver Cromwell and how he did or did not put them into practice. What finally caused the fall of the Protectorate?

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Ans: Students should analyze the contradictions between the principles attributed to Cromwell in the chapter and actions such as the atrocities in Ireland, division of England into military districts, and dissolution of Parliament. In discussing the reasons for the dictatorship's ultimate failure and the restoration of the monarchy, students should include the narrow political base of support for the dictatorship and the variety of challenges to it.

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