The Levellers demanded that all citizens should have a voice in government.
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Censorship had become a fixture of society in the period before that, during the so-called English Commonwealth period under Oliver Cromwell. Puritans had gained the upper hand politically and kept a close watch over observance of all the things they had forbidden. During the Restoration period when Charles II had become king censorship was on the contrary relaxed, although it never completely disappeared.
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a colonial legislature and a royal governor.
Albert Jacka was the first Australian to be decorated with the Victoria Cross during the WWI. The Victoria Cross is the highest decoration for gallantry "in the face of the enemy" that can be awarded to members of the British and Commonwealth armed forces.
Captain John Paul Jones is the man credited for bravely fighting the English Navy during the American Revolution. He is known as the father of the United States Navy today.