Between 1649 and his death in 1658, Oliver Cromwell
A) became extremely popular for saving England from despotism and preserving its representative institutions.
B) transformed England into a Puritan state that resembled the Dutch Republic in its toleration of both Catholics and Jews.
C) became highly unpopular for his dictatorial behavior, which included abolishing Parliament, raising taxes, and persecuting dissenters.
D) mostly kept England out of foreign wars while he focused on expanding the government's bureaucracy.
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