Charles I of Austria

business. Attending college at the age of 17 converted Winthrop into a great leader and noble hard worker. Having these characteristics really helped Winthrop to build the colony and governed it. His first act was when Charles I became king and his wife was a catholic. King Charles I was persecuting many Puritans, which made the Puritans worry and not feel safe. Winthrop quickly…

In his immortal classic Paradise Lost, John Milton writes that it is; “Better to reign in Hell, than to serve in Heaven” (Milton, i.263). While he wrote these words in the later years of his life, it is a philosophy which Milton held throughout his life. Along with Paradise Lost, Milton also published dozens of other essays and poems, and served as the official Secretary for Foreign Tongues under Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England. Although these illustrious positions may seem to paint…

King Charles marrying a Catholic was the second. Since Henrietta Maria was from France, she had a strong Catholic background. Many people were worried that she would influence his decisions and try to convert England away from Protestantism and back to Catholicism. King Charles money problems was the third spark. In England,…

the 30th of January 1649 king Charles I was put to death on a scaffold outside The Palace of Whitehall. This was a momentous event in British history and Charles became the first English king to be tried and charged with treason by his own people. What happened after his death was equally as remarkable; he was immediately glorified as a martyr. But why was this notoriously bad king honoured as such, receiving a title that no other English king has gained since? Charles plunged his country into…

1624 to 1642, who had weakened the influence of the nobility and reduced the powers of the judicial bodies, called Parlements. Opposed to the government from these groups gained momentum from 1643 under the “foreign” rule of the queen regent Anne of Austria and her Italian-born chief minister,…

This event happened because of differences in beliefs about how England should be ruled. The war was between those that supported King Charles I and the Parliament. King Charles wanted to raise taxes without any consultation and many people were opposed to this idea. The war continued on for several years, initially with neither sides succeeding. Later, the English Civil War took a turning point at the Battle…

Charles I was very much a key part in causing the regicide, as his unshakeable personality and damaging fatal flaw of stubbornness made sure he was unwilling to accept any sort of compromise from Parliament or the New Model Army. As he had shown earlier in his reign, in his rejection of the 1641 Nineteen Propositions (where Charles would have been able to stay in power to an extent and Parliament would have taken control of many of England’s political and religious policies, but Charles would…

As his government had fallen again, I approached the new governor general, Lord Monck, and obtained a dissolution. Before I could act on it, I was approached by Brown through intermediaries; the Grit leader felt that the crisis gave the parties the opportunity to join together for constitutional reform. Brown had led a parliamentary committee on confederation among the British North American colonies, which had reported back just before the Taché-Macdonald government fell. Brown was more…

Lambert, John Disbrowe and Charles Fleetwood. When Cromwell said he was ready to accept to be crowned King, they threatened to resign. He then had no other choice than to refuse the offer of the Parliament and he kept his title of Lord Protector. Instead, he took powers from the Council to be able to name his successor and declare…

On Monday night about 8 o'clock, I reached the guard, about 100 people passed it and went towards the custom house where the king's money is lodged. They immediately surrounded the sentry posted there, and with clubs and other weapons threatened to execute their vengeance on him. I was soon informed by a townsman their intention was to carry off the soldier from his post and murder him. I immediately sent a non-commissioned officer and 12 men to protect both the sentry and the king's money, and…