Question

How did Charles II of England rise to power?

Answer 1

Are there any given choices to this question?

Answer 2

No I just can't find any good information about the question.

Answer 3

Do you have any ideas so far, on how he rose to power?

Answer 4

Not at all

Answer 5

Are you referring to a book for this question, or online sources?

Answer 6

online sources

Answer 7

I'm not having much luck on online resources either :/

Answer 8

The only link that I found anything at is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_II_of_England

Answer 9

Sorry :(

Answer 10

thanks

Answer 11

Charles II was monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland. Charles II's father, King Charles I, was executed at Whitehall on 30 January 1649, at the climax of the English Civil War. Although the Parliament of Scotland proclaimed Charles II King on 5 February 1649, England entered the period known as the English Interregnum or the English Commonwealth, and the country was a de facto republic, led by Oliver Cromwell. Cromwell defeated Charles II at the Battle of Worcester on 3 September 1651, and Charles fled to mainland Europe. Cromwell became virtual dictator of England, Scotland and Ireland, and Charles spent the next nine years in exile in France, the United Provinces and the Spanish Netherlands.