The English Civil War
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- Created on: 19-05-13 14:51
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- The Civil War
- Causes
- Religeon
- Charles I married a Catholic
- Archbishop of Canterbury doesn't like Puritans (Scots)
- Money
- Charles wants to rule without Parliament but doesn't have enough money to do it
- Raises taxes
- Only Parliament can do this
- Raises taxes
- Charles spends too much money on himself
- The Scots attack because of religeous changes. Charles doesn't have the money to fight back
- Charles wants to rule without Parliament but doesn't have enough money to do it
- Parliament
- Earl of Strafford rules Ireland for Charles, but the Irish and the Parliament hate him
- Parliament has Earl of Strafford executed and Laud (A.B of C) imprisoned
- Charles has to ask Parliament for money to fight the scots for
- Religeon
- When Parliament wins the war, Charles is executed
- Because of trying to start a second war, he loses his Divine Right, so people think that they should execute him
- Triggers
- Parliament gives Charles a list of demands (the grand remonstrance). These demands give the King less, power, and the parliament more
- Parliament takes control of the army away from Charles so that he can't use it against them
- Causes
- Monarch- Charles I
- Son of James I
- Believes in the Divine Right
- Son of James I
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