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Evil English Civil War: a Very Elaborate Comprehension of The Odious Rage…
Evil English Civil War: a Very Elaborate Comprehension of The Odious Rage of war
Causes
Power
Ruled for 11 years without Parliament
11 yr tyranny or personal rule
used Parliament only as a tool to levy taxes
believed in his 'divine right'
divine right: the belief that god has chosen the king and the king was directly below god
Religion
married a French Catholic princess Henrietta Maria
made the Scots use a prayer book they didn't like
Money
Levied loads of tax
Taking ship taxes
Ship tax: the tax received by those who live near the sea to build warships
War
Oliver Cromwell
established the New Model Army
the Cavaliers were rich landlords or successful merchants and the Roundheads were farmers and Puritans
Royalists/Cavaliers(supporting King Charles I) vs Parliamentarians/ Roundheads
Trial
on day 4-6, Parliament left Charles I out and wrote a plea of 'guilty'
Charles thought that the Parliament didn't have any authority to put him on trial at all
Execution
wore 2 shirts because he didn't want the people to think he was shivering in terror
Charles I was executed on 1649/1/30