< leader of the parliamentarians (round heads) < defeated Charles I two times < forced exiles of Charles II < established the protectorade and became lord protector of the common wealth < passed on the title to his son Richard Cromwell
charles I
< led the Royalist or Cavaliers against the Parliamentarians < he again attempted to crush the revolution by invading England <the parliament charged Charles with treason < found guilty and executed in January 1649