Seems a reasonable question. One might say that Cromwell represented one power faction and Charles the other, so it was more a change at the top (albeit a pop

Seems a reasonable question. One might say that Cromwell represented one power faction and Charles the other, so it was more a change at the top (albeit a popular one) than a grassroots uprising. It was also an early expression of the Enlightenment. That I think is the real revolution here and around Europe and the Americas around that time. One point of interest is that, after the restoration, many of the ousted Parliamentarians settled in America. To carry on the work as it were!