The beginning of the English Civil War

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  • Created on: 03-06-18 16:54

The Beginning of the Civil War

On August 22nd 1642, King Charles raised the standard at Nottingham and the Civil War began; for many, it was a situation nobody had expected even as it crept closer in the years before.

Who had the advantage at the start of the Civil War?

Parliament's advantages
=> Parliament was in charge of the capital city, London. This meant they had 400,000 people to tax in the centre of trade ande wealth in the UK
=> Parliament had a group of 'trained bands' in London, as well as a large population to choose from for an army
=> Parliament was in control of the main sources of artillery as it had Bristol and Hull particularly, where there were huge arsenals left from the civil war
=> When the Earl of Warwick (commander of the large navy) declared he was Parliamentarian in 1642, Parliament could now use both the…

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