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re: OT history and military gurus: George Washington v. Oliver Cromwell
Posted on 7/5/17 at 11:26 am to Gray Tiger
Posted on 7/5/17 at 11:26 am to Gray Tiger
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quote: Cromwell the first king of America! Very likely. How successful would his reign have been do you think? Given his personality, would a counter revolution have happened?
I think so. Like most of the people who were in or came to power in England (and indeed in Europe) at that time, he based a lot of his thinking and actions on his religion. Whoever came to power tended to suppress the other competing religions - Catholic, Anglican, Presbyterian, Puritan, etc., etc. I don't think he was an exception.
On the other hand, the people who came to America developed a kind of live and let live theory of religion. Probably because a lot of them fled Europe to escape the religiously motivated chaos and fighting. (I've read that Cromwell himself seriously considered emigrating a time or two on a couple of occasions when things weren't going well for his side/his religion.)
I'm not sure the people living in the colonies would have gone for the suppression other religions and of things like entertainment, music, plays, etc.
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