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What did Oliver Cromwell do after he became Lord Protector?

He freed Charles I from prison.
He abandoned the Puritan religion.
He called for the opening of theaters and pubs.
He ruled as a military dictator.

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He ruled as a military dictator.

After becoming Lord Protector (1653) Cromwell governed with strong army backing, used ordinances and the major‑generals to enforce order, dissolved parliaments when they resisted, and enforced Puritan moral policies. He did not free Charles I (Charles had been executed in 1649), did not abandon Puritanism, and did not reopen theaters or pubs (public amusements were suppressed).