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Causes for english civil war
- Money
- Parliament felt the king wasted money
- Parliament was the king's main source of money and in 1641 they refused to lend him money to stop Scottish and Irish rebellions
- The king took forced loans from many subjects
- The king took forced loans from many subjects
- Parliament was the king's main source of money and in 1641 they refused to lend him money to stop Scottish and Irish rebellions
- Parliament felt the king wasted money
- Religion
- Rumours arose that Charles supported catholic rebels in
ulster although they were untrue many believed these rumours
- Parliament believed that Charles was leading England back to Catholisism
- Parliament removed the kings chief advisors, one of which was Archbishop Laud who tried to get rid of
Puritan ideas
- Married Catholic princess from France
- Rumours arose that Charles supported catholic rebels in
ulster although they were untrue many believed these rumours
- Power
- Parliament had become powerful under the tudors
- Parliament kept trying to cut Charles' power for the first years of his reign
- Charles ruled without parliament for 11 years
- Charles tried to arrest 5 mps by forcing his way into the house of commons
- Believed in divine right of kings
- Couldn't live up to Elizabeth I's example
- Parliament had become powerful under the tudors
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