To What Extent Was Parliament More To Blame Than Charles l For The Failure Of Settlement In The Years 1646 – 1649? The failure to reach a constitutional settlement in the English civil war is something that holds many debates on who really was at fault. Both the parliament and King Charles l contributed toward the failure of settlement, but who was really to blame? King Charles l was a very stubborn character and I feel that his unwillingness to change heavily played a role in no settlement being secured. Oliver Cromwell held many negotiation sessions with King Charles l who characteristically quibbled whilst opening new negotiations with the Scots.
1635 He starts an unpopular tax called ship tax. Anyone on the coast must pay a lot of money to help the navy. Anyone who refused went to Prison. 1633 – 1640 Laud changed the Church of England services. He reintroduced the statues, music and candles, that we hate.
(Troops were raised but mostly untrained). They got to Cadiz but found a huge wine store, drunkenness and poor discipline. The fleet was forced to return back to England but Buckingham insisted to wait to see if they could make an attack on the Spanish fleet. This was a huge failure and because of Buckingham’s decision they did not have enough food to make it back and most died before they got home. Fierce criticism of Buckingham's failed decision in the Cadiz expedition was heard in Parliament.
Before John was King of England, for many years, the kings defended English territory within France by using English men and money. King John acted in this similar way but his military campaigns were unsuccessful. England and France were constantly at war. By 1204, he had lost his lands in northern France; this included his family’s ancestral land in Normandy and Anjou to Philip II. In order to continue battling France, the King forced from his barons greater taxes and additional military services, this angered the barons because he did not consult them before raising taxes; this was a violation of feudal law and custom.
‘Arminianism was the most important cause of conflict between Crown and Parliament in the years 1625 to 1629’ explain why you agree or disagree with this view. Arminianism was important for the collapse of the relationship between Crown and Parliament to a certain extent, as religious conflicts were an underlying theme throughout the period of 1625 to 1629. Furthermore many Puritans feared that Charles was trying to push towards Arminianism, and so did everything they could to prevent this, causing much tension. However due to Charles’ personal monarchy, he shaped the way he wanted the country to be run thus was the root cause of the deterioration in the Crown-Parliament relationship. The most important factor and root for all of the problems was Charles.
Was Cromwell A Harsh Dictator Or A Fair Ruler? Oliver Cromwell ruled England at this time and it wasn’t easy, he upset Ireland and made his soldiers get rid of parliament by saying you have sat here too long for the good you do in the name of God go. Oliver Cromwell led the group the republicans and they believed that parliament should rule and the king should at least share the power with parliament and if not he should go but he and the republicans thought that the people in parliament were not fit to rule in parliament. The king had died at this point and people thought it was time for an election, people thought Charles 1’s son should rule but other people had different ideas. Mp’s started quarrelling about religious questions such as should baptism happen to children or adults these things started to really annoy Cromwell with these quarrels.
Why do we need a king that’s so selfish and disrespectful to rule our country? Religious conflicts permeated Charles’s reign. He married a Catholic princess over the objection of our parliament and public opinion. He also allied himself with controversial religious figures like Duke of Buckingham and Archbishop Laud. As his subjects, we think that this brought our Church of England too close to Roman Catholic.
James was trying to juggle different religious demands. This caused James to expresses his hostility against the Catholics in 1604 at the Hampton Court Conference. This was to satisfy the Puritans whose demand who could not satisfy and shows that the religious divisions were serious, as he had to hop to one faction to another trying to keep the country satisfied. The situation deteriorated further when in February James expelled all priests and Jesuits and reintroduced recusancy as well as announcing his ‘utter
Sir Edmond Andros was an English military man who openly affiliated himself with the Church of England. The people of New England despised him because along with being a part of the Church of England, he had his men teach the people ti drink, blaspheme, curse, and damn. He changed everything cherished by New England by intentionally interrupting cherished town meetings, restricting the court, the press, schools, and revoking all land titles. 28. The Glorious Revolution was the dethroning of the unpopular Catholic James II and enthroning Protestant rulers William III and Mary.
The Catholic Church did not want to be responsible for funding the Inquisition. The Inquisition was funded by the royal treasury but this was not sufficient and so they began using the money obtained from people’s property to fund the Inquisition. The church thought it would be best to take people’s property instead of taking people’s lives. This affected families throughout Spain. If a father was accused of something his whole family will suffer with him.