I think it is a way to the same basic form was used in 1942 asking for information for just one 3-month quarter.
Oliver Cromwell was the most powerful man from 1649 to 1658. He was the leader of the Roundhead army. He leads a powerful expeditionary force across the Irish sea. He was the one who was called for the execution of the Charles I and became the lord protector of England.
A lot of natural laws start to be questioned with the Scientific Revolution. That led to new political ways of thought like the improvement of society by promoted freedom, independent rights, and equality.
With scientific discoveries that questioned natural laws, the scientist starts to reflect about government. They thought that people were equal because they were all governed by the same law.
The government was understood as a natural process so it could be improved.