The failure to compromise, 1640 - 49
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Division and the drift towards civil war
- 1640 - MPs hated the abuses of Charle' Personal Rule
- They agreed to abolish Ship Money and passed a Triennal Act
- Triennal Act: the monarch would have to call parliament at least every three years. Therefore he couldnt have another extended personal rule.
- However, divisions among MPs occured.
Reasons for divisions:
1. Root and Branch Petition ( December 1640 )
- Petition from 15,000 London Puritians, supported by radical MP John Pym
- Wanted Bishops removed from the church.
- Conservatives viewed this as a threat to established order.
2. Bill of Attainder (May 1641)
- Used in parliament by Pym to justify the execution of Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Stafford. (Charles' principal minister)
- The Bill needed less evidence to convict someone is they were viewed as a threat to the state.
- Conservatives worried that this was bending the law in a way that would cause just a big as a threat to the constituion as Charles' actions did.
3. Militia Bill ( November 1641 )
- Proposed that parliament should control any army used to crush the Irish Rebellion (began October 1641)
- Conservatives saw this as a threat to the most important royal prerogative…
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