Who Caused the Civil War?
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- Who Caused the Civil War?
- Charles I
- Poor choice of advisors
- Dubious methods of raising money in Personal Rule
- Ship Money 1635- extended to all counties
- Forced loans- 5 knights Case
- 5 MEMBERS COUP 1542
- Constant recall and dismissal pf Parliament
- Appointed Thomas Lunsford as keeper of TOL
- Advisors
- Wentworth/Strafford
- Book of Orders, Exact Militia
- Lord Deputy of Ireland in 1633- hated by Irish and feared by English
- Suggested recall of Parliament in 1639 expecting traditional loyalty to the crown
- Crossed the floor so Parliament hated him
- Executed in 1641 through Act of Attainder
- Buckingham
- Arrogant and domineering and was a royal favourite of J1
- Disastrous f/p which caused resentment among Parliament
- Most hated man in England, when assassinated in 1628, all rejoiced except C1 who was devastated
- Parliament tried to impeach him in 1626 and C1 dismissed them because of it
- Laud
- Arminian Symapthiser
- Wanted discipline and uniformity
- Mercilessly persecuted Puritans e.g., Prynne Burton and Bastwick 1637
- Laudian reforms such as the English Prayer book were unpopular and many though the reforms signalled a return to RCC ways
- Henrietta Maria
- Threats of her impeachment caused C1 to pull a coup on Parliament
- Influential and her influence was feared, loathed by country at large
- French Catholic princess who came from an absolutist monarchy
- Wentworth/Strafford
- Scotland
- Bishops Wars
- C1 had limited understanding of the Scottish people and therefore made some serious mistakes
- National Covenant 1638
- Riot at St Giles 1637
- Ireland
- Irish Rebellion
- Strafford as Lord Deputy
- Atrocity stories that came back from the Protestants that fled
- Issues over whether C1 or Parliament would raise the army to crush the Irish Rebellion
- Parliament
- Refused to voye C1 subsides which led to him sending them home
- Impeached Buckingham
- Wouldn't let C1 raise the army to crush the Irish Rebellion
- Persistently attacked C1 prerogative rights which caused tension- can be argued as provoking C1 as a result as C1 believed in the divine right of kings
- Dubious measures such as Act of Attainder on Strafford and 'rent a mob' used to force C1 into signing it pushed moderate MPs to C1 side
- Speaker of HOC forced into his chair
- Charles I
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