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Humble Petition and Advice

England [1657]
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The Humble Petition and Advice was a document that replaced the Instrument of Government in England in May 1657. It served as a modified constitution for the English Protectorate, which was led by Oliver Cromwell. This new framework established Cromwell as a constitutional monarch, granting him the power to nominate members of a House of Lords, alongside an elected House of Commons. However, this constitution had a short lifespan, as it barely outlasted Cromwell himself, who died the following year.12

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