Why was cromwell a hero?

1. He set up the New Model Army which won the Civil War.

2. He defeated the Scots and the Irish.

3. He got people to behead the king, and made Parliament the ruler of the kingdom. 4. He abolished bear-baiting and punished drunkenness.

5. He allowed Jews to return to start living in England.

6. He built up the British navy.

7. He captured Jamaica from the Spanish - the beginning of the British Empire.

8. He was a good, decent family man, who enjoyed a joke and was kind to his children.