Forced control equals chaos

I've read this week's reading twice and still come off thinking, this was the same old same old. Power was constantly changing hands based on who could mustar the most strentgh at any one time. But the followers did not seem loyal. Take Cromwell. Although he "ruled" for quit a while, it would seem that he was supported out of fear, not by loyalty of commonality in belief. As soon as he died and his son took over, things immediately began to change again. The people of parlament who first thought him their savior jumped at the chance to regain power once he had passed on. I do not believe James I, Charles I, or even Cromwell acted on a desire strength their country through peace, but instead were simply seeking power or to get their way. Charles the II and Queen Elizabeth on the other hand recognized this and tried at least on the surface to compromise with the members of parlament and to show their subjects, whatever their religious preference, at least tolerance. I admired Queen Elizabeth's pep talk to her troups and the showing of her commitment to her country. If you talk the time to read a little about her life, she did much to put the well being of her country before herself. And her country thrived.