why did charles 1 lose the civil war?
- Created by: emma gladwin
- Created on: 13-05-13 13:38
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- Why did Charles 1 lose the civil war (1642-46)
- Parliament
- Financially stable
- Army develops (1645 - new model)
- Parliamentary strongholds
- Financial problems
- Parliament held london (financial stronghold of country)
- Charles' Army had not been paid at the start of the civil war - effecting their morale
- The New Model Army had been paid
- Battle Failures
- 1644 Battle of Marston Moor
- 1645 NASEBY
- Rupert as commander was overrated
- Cromwell capitalised on Rupert's mistakes
- 1642 Battle of Edgehill (historians believe charles lost an oppurtunity for being to hesitant afterwards).
- Parliament's relationship with the Scots
- Solemn League and Covenant (1643) thanks to Pym
- Scots Captured Charles in 1646
- Parliament
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