English Revolution
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- The English Revolution
- Aims
- Taxation had to be agreed by Parliament
- Army controlled by Parliament
- Only Parliament could dissolve Parliament
- Parliament had to be called every 3 years
- Key events
- 1629 - 1640: Charles I ruled without Parliament
- 1642 - 46: Civil War began
- 1648 - 49: Second Civil War
- January 1649: Charles I tried and executed
- Cromwell ruled as Lord Protector until 1657
- Causes
- Charles was very high church
- Archbishop Laud introduced an unpopular Prayer Book in 1637
- Charles believed in the Divine Right of Kings
- Charles was married to Catholic Henrietta Maria
- Oliver Cromwell
- Lord Protector
- Freedom Fighter
- First ever fully professional, paid army: New Model Army
- Argued government was for the people
- Promoted officers on merit not rank
- Dictator
- No cooperation over Ireland
- Ethnic cleansing through murder of Catholics
- Took power by force
- Methods
- Beheaded Charles I
- Civil War
- Key Individuals
- Archbishop Laud
- Charles' chief adviser, wanted Catholic reforms
- John Pym
- Popular puritan MP, led opposition to the Prayer Book and Laud
- John Hampden
- Leading Puritan MP, led opposition to Ship Money
- Charles II
- Crown restored in 1660
- Archbishop Laud
- Aims
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