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How much do you really know about Oliver Cromwell? Below are 8 true or false statements. Click each one to reveal the answer and explanation.

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Oliver Cromwell was a key commander in the New Model Army during the English Civil War.

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Cromwell helped form and lead the New Model Army, which defeated the Royalists and secured Parliament's victory.

2.

Cromwell personally signed the death warrant for King Charles I.

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Cromwell was among the 59 commissioners who signed Charles I's death warrant in 1649, making him a regicide.

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Cromwell was a lifelong supporter of democracy and universal male suffrage.

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Cromwell favored property-based voting and suppressed radical Levellers who pushed for broader voting rights, showing his conservative side.

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Cromwell was a direct ancestor of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.

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Churchill admired Cromwell but was not descended from him. Cromwell's descendants include several peers, but not Churchill's line.

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Cromwell refused the title of king because he believed it was a sin to wear a crown.

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Though offered the crown in 1657, Cromwell declined publicly, citing conscience and divine disapproval, preferring 'Lord Protector.'

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Cromwell once banned Christmas celebrations entirely across England.

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In 1647, Parliament banned Christmas, Easter, and other festivals, viewing them as pagan or overly frivolous. Cromwell supported this.

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Oliver Cromwell was buried in Westminster Abbey with full royal honors.

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After his death, he was given a state funeral at Westminster Abbey, but his body was later exhumed and posthumously executed.

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Cromwell banned all forms of theater and sports during his rule.

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While Puritan laws closed theaters and banned Sunday sports, some pastimes like horse racing continued under regulation, so not all were banned.

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