The impetuosity of Silken Thomas can be seen for this reason. He wanted to rebel against England due to his fathers death. Other people in
If they rebelled they would be accused of high treason and they would have a social stigma. Henry didn’t want the barons either to seize his power so as soon as he came on to the throne he demolished the castles and made the law that barons were banned to keep a private army. Henry used his tax collectors and law courts to subjugate and suppress the nobility. Those nobles who didn’t follow this law were put on trial in the Court of Star Chamber. These two factors are linked because he needed to destroy the nobles’ power to increase his own power.
Aaron wanted to lie to both Britain and Spain, telling them he was trying to tear the United States in half, east from west. (Aaron Burr Trial). This was extremely underhanded of Burr. It is one thing to go behind the back of your own country, but another to go behind the back of another country at the expense of your own country. However, instead of breaking up the country he simply intended to use the money and troops from Spain and Britain to invade Mexico.
The Declaration of Independence persuaded other colonist to separate from England, to stand against the King, and to fight for independence. The reasons colonist wanted to revolt against England were mostly because of the King and how selfish and unfair he was. Colonist believed all men were created equal, so therefore when the King put himself above everyone else, it displeased the colonist. In the Declaration of Independence it states “He has refused his assent to laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.” Colonist used the selfish things the King did to persuade others to revolt. The King tried to force men to give up their rights to make laws.
The long term causes for the civil war were: Charles belief in the divine right of kings, Archbishop Laud’s reforms to the Church of England, money problems and the rise of parliament and Charles’ attempt to rule without parliament. The short term causes were the grand remonstrance, the Irish rebellion, Charles attempt to arrest 5 MPs and parliament’s attempt to take control over the army. Although both long term and short term causes can be split up into three different groups: political, economic and religious. The definition of a civil war is: A war between citizens and a leader of the same country. Although Charles did many bad and dangerous acts, it wasn’t only Charles fault the civil war started.
As he was the king, he had thought that he had the power to make the Scots use English prayer books. The scots were so furious that they decided to fight Charles I instead. This also made him unpopular to the scots as well as the people of England. When the scots had defeated him Charles had to pay lots of tax money which he couldn’t afford. So, Charles had to recall parliament, as only tax voted by parliament got rid of the scots.
Was Charles I seeking absolutism in his rule? The question of whether Charles I of England was trying to establish an absolutist rule while on the throne is still a hotly debated topic by historians even today. In January 1649, Parliament decided to put King on trial with the outcome of death if found guilty of treason. Parliament accused Charles of having a ‘wicked design to erect and uphold himself an unlimited and tyrannical power to rule according to his will, and to overthrow the rights and liberties of the people”. Whether Charles meant to do what parliament had claimed he had done is another story that shall be explained in the course of this essay.
Her Essay, entitled 'Did Richard III Really kill the Princes in the Tower?' pinpoints Buckingham as her most plausible suspect. Eckford writes that "all along he entertained ambitions of taking the throne for himself. What better way than to support Richard in his claim for the throne, then discredit him by murdering the Princes and claiming Richard had done it" (Eckford, 2000) In accusing Buckingham it is critical to look at Buckingham's desertion of Richard III shortly after the young Princes were last publically seen within the Tower. It is an act that will be tirelessly debated by historians, some saying he deserted in disgust at the offence Richard III committed against the usurped King Edward V and his younger brother Richard, others such a Sir Clements Markham would
He also tried to smooth things between Parliament and the army in 1647 when the army mutinied and refused to disband. He played a prominent part in the second Civil War and was the prime mover behind the decision to execute the King in 1649 and the establishment of the Commonwealth. Having stabilised England, Cromwell left to abolish the Irish Civil War. As an extreme Puritan, he hated the Catholics and had never forgiven them for their alleged massacre of Protestants in 1641. He therefore felt he was justified in seeking revenge and was responsible for the Massacre of Drogheda in September 1649.
Cylon was planning to overthrow the government. Megalces was therefore trying to protect the government. The aristocrats were fighting over land ownership. Cylon had received troops from his father-in law and Megalces decided that it was wrong for that to happen. When Megacles killed many of Cylons people the blood feuds bgan.