B. Oliver Cromwell led the Puritan forces against the king<span>
The English Civil War led to the rise of the Commonwealth. So option “b” is the correct option as far as the given question is concerned. This Commonwealth period started in the year 1640 and continues till 1660. During this Civil War period the authority of King Charles I was challenged by the people and this ultimately led to the execution of King Charles I. The son of Charles I again started the rule of Monarchy in the year 1660.
</span><span>They believed blacks were entitled to the same political rights and opportunities as whites. They also believed that confederate leaders should be punished for their roles in the civil war.<span>The Republican Radicals felt that extraordinary times called for direct intervention in state affairs and laws designed to protect the emancipated blacks. At the heart of their belief was the notion that blacks must be given a chance to compete in a free-labor economy. In 1866, the activist congress introduced a bill to extend the life of the Freedmen's Bureau and began work on a Civil Rights Bill.
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U.S. Constitution. It came after the articles of confederation failed and in a federalist coup the new American Constitution was ratified
by which time sea routes were replacing the Silk Roads. -- "The Silk Road" is an extensive intercontinental network of trade routes across the Asian continent connecting East, South, and Western Asia with the Mediterranean world, as well as North and Northeast Africa and Europe (and thus a network linking Eurasia).
In the Civil Rights Cases of 1883, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the Civil Rights Act of 1875, which had prohibited racial discrimination in hotels, trains, and other public places, was unconstitutional.
