The Commonwealth was the political structure during the period from 1649 to 1660 when England and Wales, later along with Ireland and Scotland, were governed as a republic after the end of the Second English Civil War and the trial and execution of Charles I.The republic's existence was declared through "An Act declaring England to be a Commonwealth", adopted by the Rump …

The Protectorate of Uganda was a protectorate of the British Empire from 1894 to 1962. ... This system became a prototype for the future Parliament of Uganda. Power politics in Buganda ... Not only was the Kabaka reinstated in return, but for the first time since 1889, the monarch was given the power to appoint and dismiss his chiefs (Buganda ...