English Civil War

English Civil War

the english civil wra strted because of the manty reasons . some of these were parliment's fault while some were king charles the first 's fault.there are many reasons why the wra started . it ids mainly belived it happened due to political , economic and religious changes between the king and the parliment.

the most important reasons why the civil war started was because of religioys diagrrement betwwen the king and parliment.though charles and most of the england wsas protestant charles married an catholic queen which made the puritans vey frustated and thery were also scared the generation and the country will be catholic again.the other reasons was charles beliweved that god had blessed him to be the king and so he was wrong in any ways and didn't needed abnyones advice in ruling the country.he also changed the english church into a catholic church and changed the english prayer book which made the scots very unhappy.

the sechad a very different personality compared to James. Charles was arrogant, conceited and a strong believer in the divine rights of kings. He had witnessed the damaged relationship between his father and Parliament, and considered that Parliament was entirely at fault. He found it difficult to believe that a king could be wrong. His conceit and arrogance were eventually to lead to his execution.

From 1625 to 1629, Charles argued with parliament over most issues, but money and religion were the most common causes of arguments.

In 1629, Charles copied his father. He refused to let Parliament meet. Members of Parliament arrived at Westminster to find that the doors had been locked with large chains and padlocks. They were locked out for eleven years - a period they called the Eleven Years Tyranny.

Charles ruled by using the Court of Star Chamber. To raise money for the king, the Court heavily fined those brought before it. Rich men were persuaded to buy titles. If they refused to do so, they were fined the same sum of money it...

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