The Decimation Tax

Cromwell's rule of the major generals was about to collapse. The instrument of government had been a promising start, but it needed to be revised and maybe even replaced. On february 20 third 16 57, a bill was introduced into the house called the humble petition and advice. It was designed to supersede both the rule of themajor generals, which was now fatally discredited, and the instrument of government in general. But without that one thing in place, no system of government ever going to last. There was no getting around it. England needed a king.