Civil wars slides

What Caused the english civil war?

• The English civil war was caused by the king (at the time) Charles I wanting to spend all of the counties money to buy fancy hats and parliament was telling him not to do so causing them to go at war ( after a long while and even more wars with other places like scotland and spain in-between.) This meant war between the two sides the Cavaliers (the people who supported the king and believed in the Devine rights.) and the Roundheads ( the people who supported parliament and were most likely purists)

What is a roundhead?

• Roundhead was the name given to the supporters of the Parliament of England during the English Civil War. Also known as Parliamentarians, they fought against Charles I of England and his supporters, the Cavaliers or Royalists, who claimed rule by absolute monarchy and the divine right of kings. The goal of the Roundhead party was to give the Parliament supreme control over executive administration>
• Most Roundheads sought constitutional monarchy in place of the absolutist monarchy sought by Charles I. However, at the end of the English Civil War in 1649, public antipathy towards the king was high enough to allow republican leaders such as Oliver Cromwell to abolish the monarchy completely and establish the Commonwealth of England.
• The Roundhead commander-in-chief of the first Civil War, Thomas Fairfax, remained a supporter of constitutional monarchy, as did many other Roundhead leaders such as Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester and Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex; however, this party was outmanoeuvred by the more politically-adept Cromwell and his radicals, who had the backing of the New Model Army and took advantage of Charles' perceived betrayal of England by allying with the Scottish against Parliament.[citation needed]
• England's many Puritans were almost invariably Roundhead supporters. However many Roundheads were Church of England, as were many Cavaliers.

What is a Caviler?

• Cavalier first used by Roundheads as a term of abuse for the wealthier male Royalist supporters of King Charles I and his son Charles II of England during the English Civil War, the Interregnum, and the Restoration (1642 – c. 1679). It was later adopted by the Royalists themselves. Although it referred originally to political and social attitudes and behaviour, of which clothing was a very small part, it has subsequently become strongly identified with the fashionable clothing of the court at the time. Prince Rupert, commander of much of Charles I's cavalry, is often considered to be an archetypal Cavalier.

The English civil war.

• The English Civil War (1642–1651( 9 years)) was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians ("Roundheads") and Royalists ("Cavaliers") over, principally, the manner of England's government. The first (1642–46) and second (1648–49) wars pitted the supporters of King Charles I against the supporters of the Long Parliament, while the third (1649–51) saw fighting between supporters of King Charles II and supporters of the Rump Parliament. The war ended with the Parliamentarian victory at the Battle of Worcester on 3 September 1651.
• Oliver Cromwell then became the monarchy for England after their king had been executed. at first cromwell actually refused to be know as something he was fighting against ( a king) so he was named (insert name that i can't remember today here)

English war vocab

• Thomas Fairfax was a general and parliamentary commander-in-chief during the English civil war
• Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester was an important commander of Parliamentary forces in the English civil war, and for a time Oliver cromwell's superior.
• THE Interregnum was the period between the execution of Charles I on 30 January 1649 and the arrival of his son Charles II in London on 29 May 1660
• The Protectorate was the period during the Commonwealth (or, to monarchists, the Interregnum) when England (which at that time included Wales), Ireland and Scotland were governed by a Lord Protector.
• The Battle of Worcester took place on 3 September 1651 at Worcester, England, and was the final battle of the English Civil War. Oliver Cromwell's Parliamentarian "New Model Army", 28,000 strong, defeated King Charles II's 16,000 Royalists, of whom the vast majority were Scottish

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