Were the actions of Charles I the main reason for political instability that existed in the years 1625-46?
In June 1642, civil war broke out. It is hard to distinguish exactly why Civil War broke out because there were problems between the parliament and King Charles I. The English Civil War was fought to see who should have the most power over England, Parliament or Charles I. The King believed in the divine right meaning the god chose him to be king, so Charles had more say in governing than Parliament. Parliament wanted more say in governing the country, but the King wouldn 't let Parliament have a say. Some people took sides with Charles I and some people took sides with Parliament, but not in a simple way. Families were split up because they all had different views.
Charles married a French Catholic called Henrietta Maria in 1625. At this time England was a protestant country, many MP’s were strict Protestants called ‘puritans’. These MP’s were extremely worried about the presence of a Catholic wife, what this meant for the country and whether she would change everything they had built. …show more content…
He got a £60,000 loan from City of London merchants but this was not enough so he had little choice but to face a parliament. The MP’s and lords who worked with him at this time were mainly focused on taxation, defence of the common law and the occasional attempt to bring ‘evil counsellors’ to book through the process of impeachment. The meeting of parliament started a series of quarrels that destroyed any co-operation between king and parliament and led Charles to embark on a period of personal rule in 1629. The commons refused to grant Charles the right to collect tax, tonnage and poundage which started the disagreements. The MP’s suggested that a grant should be made for a year, so he would be forced to call parliament
In June 1642, civil war broke out. It is hard to distinguish exactly why Civil War broke out because there were problems between the parliament and King Charles I. The English Civil War was fought to see who should have the most power over England, Parliament or Charles I. The King believed in the divine right meaning the god chose him to be king, so Charles had more say in governing than Parliament. Parliament wanted more say in governing the country, but the King wouldn 't let Parliament have a say. Some people took sides with Charles I and some people took sides with Parliament, but not in a simple way. Families were split up because they all had different views.
Charles married a French Catholic called Henrietta Maria in 1625. At this time England was a protestant country, many MP’s were strict Protestants called ‘puritans’. These MP’s were extremely worried about the presence of a Catholic wife, what this meant for the country and whether she would change everything they had built. …show more content…
He got a £60,000 loan from City of London merchants but this was not enough so he had little choice but to face a parliament. The MP’s and lords who worked with him at this time were mainly focused on taxation, defence of the common law and the occasional attempt to bring ‘evil counsellors’ to book through the process of impeachment. The meeting of parliament started a series of quarrels that destroyed any co-operation between king and parliament and led Charles to embark on a period of personal rule in 1629. The commons refused to grant Charles the right to collect tax, tonnage and poundage which started the disagreements. The MP’s suggested that a grant should be made for a year, so he would be forced to call parliament