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TIL that England was a Republic from 1649 to 1660, in a period known as the Interregnum. Shortly after Cromwell’s death and the failure of the following Protectorate in which his son was Lord Protector, the army invited Charles I’s son to become King Charles II, and restored the monarchy.

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