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Flashcards by Jade Gordon, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Jade Gordon
about 8 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| What was the monarch in charge of? | Religion as Head of the Church, Legislation through the right to call and dissolve parliament, Military as Commander in Chief of the Army and Foreign Policies as Head of State |
| Why couldn't the crown be absolute? | The crown didn't have the force to impose its will independently (less than 2000 paid officials) |
| Why was the Political Nation needed? | TO ensure local and central government could function efficiently To pay tax for subsidies Collect taxes, conduct trials and train militia |
| How much debt was James I left by Elizabeth? | £400000 |
| What was an Ante Supper and how much did one total to in 1621? | A feast which was hosted by the King which involved two banquets where one was for consumption and the other one was for display only. £3300 |
| How much did James spend on his daughter's wedding in 1613? | £93000 |
| By how much did James increase the expenditure of the Royal Wardrobe? | £27000 (£9000-£36000) |
| How much did James spend on his favourite James Hay? | £400000 over a lifetime |
| What was the main issue with the crown's financial situation? | The income was not matching the expenditure? |
| What forms of income did the crown have? | Subsidies, benevolence, livery, marriage, crown lands, purveyance, wardships, impositions, tonnage and poundage, monopolies, justice |
| What were the main attempts of financial reform? | Book of Rates, Book of Bounty, Great Contract, Cockayne Project, Lionel Cranfield |
| What was the Book of Rates? | 1608. Following the Bates Case of 1606. It increased custom tariffs and levied impositions on a wide range of merchandise. |
| How did Parliament see impositions? | As a back door tax that could make the crown independent of parliament if levied successfully |
| What was the Book of Bounty? | 1608. it prohibited the crown giving away major items such as land, customs or impositions. |
| Why did the BOOk of Bounty fail? | James gave away cash instead |
| What was the Great Contract? | A proposal which would provide James with £200000 from parliament on the grounds that the king would abandon wardships, purveyance and enforce the penal laws |
| Why did the Great Contract fail? | Mistrust, the breaching of the king's prerogative, £200000 wasn't enough to solve the king's problems, no clear way of raising the money. |
| What was the Cockayne Project? | An attempt to dye unfinished cloth at home rather than exporting it to Northern Europe put forward by William Cockayne |
| Why did the Cockayne Project fail? | No skills, no money, no contacts abroad |
| How did Lionel Cranfield help balance the books? | By: cutting James' expenditure on favourites and courtiers, chasing debts such as warships ad producing a declaration that no pensions, land grants or allowances could be granted without the Treasury's approval. |
| How much debt did James leave Charles? | £1million |
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