English History for Americans

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 Excerpt: ...hands, and to return to England, where his presence was much needed. In the end, the Irish were mainly driven out of three of the four provinces into which Ireland is divided, and were left to starve, as they had left the English settlers to starve years before. The only difference was that, as there were more Irish than English, there was now more suffering. Some years later, the Irish again tried to uphold the Stuart cause, and were again defeated; but the complete subjection of the island really dates from this Cromwellian settlement. OUTLINE. The two armies. Death of the old leaders. Oliver Cromwell: his idea of what an army should be; his first great victory. The reorganized army, or The New Model, and the battle of Naseby. Charles negotiates with the Scots and The New Model. The Scots join him and are overwhelmed at Preston. The New Model excludes from Parliament those opposed to it and executes the king. Cromwell conquers Ireland, QUESTIONS. 1. Which party had the advantage at first? What did Cromwell do to improve the Parliamentary Armies? 2. Define Self-Denying Ordinance, New Model, Independents. 3. Describe the outbreak of the Second Civil War. 4. Whom did Colonel Pride exclude from Parliament? Why was Charles executed? 5. Why could the Irish expect no mercy from the Ironsides ? TOPICS. 1. The Battle of Marston Moor, or Naseby, or Preston. C. H. Firth's Oliver Cromwell (Heroes of the Nation Series). 2. Write a brief sketch of Cromwell's career from this history, or a detailed account of some portion of his life from Firth's Cromwell. CHAPTER XXVII. THE COMMONWEALTH. 1649-1653. THE Scots had never given up the hope of living under a Presbyterian ruler; so they invited Charles I.'s eldest ...