Why did Parliament win the English Civil War

Why did Parliament win the English Civil War

1. The Navy

   • Parliament have Complete Control
     • Charles is cut off from Europe
       • No chance of alliances
         • This meant Charles had few me in comparison to Parliament
       • no chance of supplies being imported from Europe

2. Allies

   • Parliament had support from the Scottish Presbytarians
     • Parliament had an extra 22000 men from the Scots
   • Royalists struggled to find allies as they were cut off from Europe

3. Money

   • Parliament had lots of taxes levied on the country to fund their cause
     • The soldiers were paid
       • This meant many more people wanted to join compared to the Royalists
   • Royalists had very few resources and were not able to trade so had very little money
     • Soldiers were not paid
       • Not many people wanted to join the army

4. Forces

   • The royalist army was untrained
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     • Well trained

5. Territory

   • Parliament controlled far more populated areas than the Royalists
     • Parliament had more people on there side as they had control over more people
   • Parliament had control of London
     • Parliament had control of London which was centre of trade so were able to trade and collect supplies to fund their cause
   • Parliament had control over the areas which made weapons
     • More resources than the Royalists

6. Leadership

   • Royalists
     • Poor communication between leaders
       • The royalist army was badly disciplined
     • Price Rupert was a bad leader, but the Royalists would not demote him
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   • Parliamentarians
     • They used the system promotion by merit which meant the best leaders were promoted and bad leaders demoted
       • This lead to two good leaders, Oliver Cromwell and Sir Thomas Fairfax