Constitutionalism As the 1600’s dawned upon the globe, Spain was a decaying imperial power. This century arguably can be said to have belonged to France and England. One would build a strong navy and military, and take a path toward unrepresentative and absolute monarchy; this was France. The other would develop the greatest navy the world had ever known as well as travel toward constitutional monarchy; this was England. There were many key factors contributing …showed first 75 words of 777 total…

…showed last 75 words of 777 total…these two groups. A simple farmer named Oliver Cromwell headed this army. In 1649 Charles I was beheaded in London. Oliver Cromwell (Lord Protector of England) was not a king; in reality he could be described as a dictator. For eleven years after the death of Charles I, Cromwell and his Independents ruled England without a king. By 1660 the English people had their fill of Cromwell’s, Puritan Republic, and the monarchy was restored. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**