Why had there been no decisive victory by 1644?
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- Created on: 20-11-14 17:03
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- Why had there been no decisive victor by 1644
- Finance
- Some royalist areas managed an effective way of raising funds but others did not
- Made Charles' troops often ill disciplined and liable to plunder
- Charles could not afford to pay the Navy so most of them joined Parliament
- Pym set up effective means of taxation such as monthly assessment but this took time
- Some royalist areas managed an effective way of raising funds but others did not
- Military Methods
- Charles needed a short war to ensure decisive victory
- After Edgehill Essex made a mistake and left the way to London open to Charles
- Charles had tried twice and failed to gain control of the great northern arsenal at Hull
- Both sides relied on volunteers for the Civil War as they weren't keen on soldiers who could be trained
- Finance
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