This is an essay about Oliver cromwell. The topic was:Should Cromwell be condemned for his actions at Drogheda?
Title: This is an essay about Oliver cromwell. The topic was:Should Cromwell be condemned for his actions at Drogheda? Category:History / European History Details: Words: 493 | Pages: 2.1 (approximately 235 words/page)
This is an essay about Oliver cromwell. The topic was:Should Cromwell be condemned for his actions at Drogheda?
In this essay I will try to solve the question should Cromwell be condemned for his action is Drogheda? <Tab/>It was quite obvious Cromwell did not like the Irish because of the Ulster killings in 1641 he said "you, unprovoked, put the English to the most unheard of and most barbarous massacre (without sex or age) that ever the sun beheld". He believed the Irish should be punished for this. He got his revenge with the Drogheda massacre. Cromwell and his …showed first 85 words of 493 total…
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…showed last 85 words of 493 total…he could have done this better and he could have stopped the bloodshed, but the truth is for his time he did the right thing, it's easily said that he should not have killed the civilians but if you were in his position and had lost many friends at the Ulster killing you two would have been angry. After the Irish at Drogheda failed to surrender, you probably would not have been prepared, to give them an easy time either.
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