Trigger facts about the English Civil War?

Answer 1

There are many different reasons for the causes of the English civil

war but first I will start with the religious disputes over

archbishops Laud's reforms of the church. Reforms were introduced that

made churches more decorated (like catholic churches) Charles I

collected customs duties without parliaments permission, he married a

French catholic who was unpopular with his people. The Bishops' Wars

were fought between the Scots and English forces led by Charles I.

These conflicts paved the way for the uprising of Parliament that

began the English civil wars.

Charles I was attempting to enforce Anglican reforms onto the Scottish

church. However the Scots were opposed to this, and even wanted to

destroy the control that bishops had over the church. To this end,

Charles' reforms were rejected by the Scottish Assembly at Glasgow in

1638.

Charles was furious that the Scots had rejected his proposals, and

hastily formed an English force with which to march on Scotland in

1639. He did not have the funds for such a military expedition, nor

confidence in his troops, so he was forced to leave Scotland without

fighting a battle.

The unrest continued in Scotland, and when Charles discovered that

they had been plotting with the French he again decided to mount a

military expedition. This time, Charles called Parliament in order to

get funds (1640).

The second cause was the financial quarrels between the king and

parliament. When parliament formed, they immediately wanted to discuss

grievances against the government, and were generally opposed to any

military operation. This angered Charles and he dismissed parliament

again, hence the name "Short Parliament" that it is commonly given.

Charles went ahead with his military operation without Parliament's

support, and was beaten by the Scots. The Scots, taking advantage of

this, went on to seize Northumberland and Durham.

Charles found himself in a desperate position, and was forced to call

parliament again in November, 1640. This parliament is known as the

"Long Parliament".

The third cause was the demands made by parliament for greater share

government. The tension between Charles and Parliament was still

great, since none of the issues raised by the Short Parliament had

been resolved. This tension was brought to a head on January 4th, 1642

when Charles attempted to arrest five members of parliament. This

attempt failed, since they were spirited away before the king's troops

arrived.

Charles left London and both he and parliament began to stockpile

military resources and recruit troops.

Charles officially began the war by raising his standard at Nottingham

in August, 1642. At this stage of the wars, parliament had no wish to

kill the king. It was hoped that Charles could be reinstated as ruler,

but with a more constructive attitude to parliament. Parliaments were

supported by the richer South and East, including London. Parliament

also held most of the ports, since the merchants that ran them saw

more profit in a parliament-lead country.

Parliament definitely had access to more resources than the king, and

could collect taxes. Charles had to depend on donations from his

supporters to fund his armies.

The fourth cause was that Charles I ruled without parliament. Charles

I dissolved parliament because of all the disputes and ruled without

it for 11 years. King did not like the wealth, power or ideas of

parliament. He began making the decisions about taxes without

parliament.

The fifth cause was that the ship money argument. Without parliament,

Charles had to think up new pays of raising money, e.g. ship money

which was paid in times of war by people living the coast, now had to

pay by all people even though there was no war.

The sixth cause was that the parliament was recalled and demanded

reforms. King Charles I wanted money, so he reopened the parliament to

get money but they demanded the reforms e.g. never to be shut down

again.

These are called the long - term cases.

Some M.P.S demanded more reforms from the king in a new list called

'the grand remonstrance' other M.P.S stick up for the king because he

has already greed to some reforms.

A rebellion starts in Ireland where Catholics murdered 200,000

Protestants.

The England wondered if Charles supported the Catholics.

Charles I try to arrest five M.P.S while parliament is in session, but

they had escaped before hand. This lost the king a lot of respect and

showed he wanted to control parliament after all. Parliament and the

king argued over who control the Army. Only six days after trying to

arrest the five Members of Parliament, Charles left London to head for

Oxford to raise an army to fight Parliament for control of England. A

civil war could not be avoided.

By 1642, relations between Parliament and Charles had become very bad.

Charles had to do as Parliament wished as they had the ability to

raise the money that Charles needed. However, as a firm believer in

the "divine right of kings", such a relationship was unacceptable to

Charles.

These are called the short - term causes.

From the beginning of his reign, King Charles quarrelled with

parliament about power.

King Charles dismissed parliament in 1629 and ruled without it for 11

years.

In 1635, King Charles made everyone pay the ship money tax.

The Scots rebelled against the new prayer book which the king and

archbishop laud introduced in Scotland.

In 1638, the Scots invaded England.

King Charles asked parliament for money to raise an army.

Parliament made King Charles agree to reforms in 1641.

King Charles and archbishop laud made changes of the Church of England

which were unpopular.

The puritans were angry about the king's Catholic sympathies.

These are shot - term causes and long - term causes, they are linked

together between causes and how they lead to civil war.

I think there were almost as many reasons for people to fight the

civil war as there were people fighting. Briefly, however, the main

reason for the war was the king Charles I and his various parliaments

did not agree about anything - religion, how the country should be

run, how England should behave towards other countries and so on. This

was made worse by the fact that Charles I, believing that kings got

their power from god and so could rule as they chose, made no attempt

to keep his parliament happy. He spent eleven years ruling without

parliament at all. When the long parliament, called in 1640, tried to

make him change his ways and he refused, war broke out. (Some

important things may not have set off the war, without the small

triggers).

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Answer 2

1.there were actually 3 civil wars

2.the civil war started in 1642

3.many people were killed

4.parliment had the stronger army so they won

5.at the end of the war king Charles 1 was beheaded

6.the civil war lasted 3 years

7.there was always two parts of a country fighting

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Answer 3

The English Civil War started 1642 and ended in 1649.

Many people were killed during the war.

The English Parliament had the better army so they eventually won the war.

After the Civil War, the king, King Charles I was beheaded.

There were 3 main battles: The Battle of Edge hill, 1642, the Battle of Marston Moor, 1644 and The Battle of Naseby, 1645.

In early January 1642, a few days after his failure to capture five members of the House of Commons, Charles left the London area.

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