Charles first tings

Question 1

when did charles become king

Answer 1

1625

Question 2

what did charles want to take back

Answer 2

land owned by scottish nobles in scotland since 1540

Question 3

who did charles marry

Answer 3

a catholic french princess whilst he was protestant

Question 4

what did charles do due to him marrying a catholic

Answer 4

suspended recusancy act which made it ok to be catholic and increased bishops power

Question 5

who did charles go to war with internationally and when

Answer 5

Spain in 1625

Question 6

what was bad about this war(1625)

Answer 6

it was expensive and run by the disliked duke of buckingham

Question 7

what did the nobles do in 1626 that made charles dissolve parliament

Answer 7

threatened to put duke of buckingham on trial so charles angered them by dissolving parliament

Question 8

What did charles do when he needed money

Answer 8

forced loan on nobles which was refused widespread

Question 9

what did charles do in 1628

Answer 9

recalled parliament who forced the petition of right meaning king couldnt raise money without parliament

Question 10

what was charles response to the petition of right

Answer 10

he originally agreed but then dissolved parliament again.

Question 11

what was during 1629-1640

Answer 11

11 year tyranny

Question 12

what happened in 1628?

Answer 12

Duke of Buckhingam assassinated allowing charles to bring in strong ministers like Thomas Wentworth

Question 13

What did thomas wentworth do

Answer 13

went on campaigns and secured ireland making him feared by irish

Question 14

What did scotland drop in 1637

Answer 14

A new prayer book

Question 15

what style were the churches decorated more towards

Answer 15

Catholic

Question 16

How did charles raise money without parliament

Answer 16

by knighthood fines which were put on landowners who didnt attend their knighthood ceremeony

Question 17

what was ship money

Answer 17

brought to all counties and was tax on coastal towns during war

Question 18

what did charles tyranny lead to

Answer 18

led to discontent
protestants and puritans fearing he was turning country catholic
john hampden and others refused to pay ship money
he tortured and imprisoned his opponents

Question 19

what happned in 1638 and what did this lead to

Answer 19

Scots refused charles policies which led to him wanting to go to war with scotland and needing to recall parliament to ask for help

Question 20

what did charles due to a lack of support for his war with scotland

Answer 20

dissolved parliament

Question 21

how was the war with scotland going for charles

Answer 21

badly as the scots captured newcastle

Question 22

charles then asked parliament for help, what did parliament force him to agree to ?

Answer 22

• The triennial act which meant he had to meet with parliament once every three years
  -He had to abolish ship money
  -he was not allowed to dissolve parliament without MPs consent

Question 23

what was the grand remonstrance

Answer 23

A list of 200 criticisms written by Pym and other Mps

Question 24

What did the catholic rebellion in ireland lead to

Answer 24

A militia bill being issued which meant that all armies were ran by parliament

Question 25

What did Charles do when he accused Mps of treason

Answer 25

tried to arrest 5mps including Pym which was breaking the rules of parliament by sending troops into parliament

Question 26

What did charles actions lead to ( trying to arrest 5mps ting )

Answer 26

landowners forming militia and the whole country being divided on supporting the king or parliament

Question 27

what did charles do in 1642

Answer 27

declared war on his own parliament

Question 28

what did the english civil war do to the country initially

Answer 28

it was brutal, devastated the country and seperated families

Question 29

what did some regions set up

Answer 29

neutralist forces to keep both parliamentarians and royalists

Question 30

1643:

Answer 30

charles had upper hand until scots joined parliamentarians

Question 31

1644:

Answer 31

charles badly defeated at battle of marston moor

Question 32

1645:

Answer 32

parliamentarians established a new elite army called NEW MODEL ARMY

Question 33

1646:

Answer 33

Charles was struggling so surrendered to the scots who handed him over to parliamentarians who imprisoned him

Question 34

July 1646-December 1647

Answer 34

Parliament offered multiple proposals to reach settlement with charles but he refused them all

Question 35

Why was Charles still in a strong position whilst being imprisoned ?

Answer 35

-people sick and tired of war especially having to pay and feed the NEW MODEL ARMY -parliamentary rule during civil war as harsh as Charles' rule -King represented stability and people frightened by idea of puritans - many powerful people lost power due to civil war so wanted it back

Question 36

Who were charles opponents

Answer 36

Political independents and Political Presbyterians

Question 37

what did the political presbyterians want

Answer 37

wanted charles to have limited power, wanted a strict religious policy, wanted to get rid of the NEW MODEL ARMY

Question 38

what did the political independents want

Answer 38

wanted to control charles, tolerant religious views, supported the NEW MODEL ARMY

Question 39

why did charles not come to a settlement

Answer 39

because he knew his opponents were divided and wanted to exploit that

Question 40

what happened in November 1647

Answer 40

Charles escaped from prison and formed alliance with Scots

Question 41

What broke out due to charles escaping prison

Answer 41

a second civil war where charles' supporters attacked the new model army

Question 42

what happened in 1648

Answer 42

Charles was recaptured and imprisoned in the Isle of Wight, Parliament tried to negotiate with him but charles refused to come toa compromise

Question 43

When was Charles publically executed ?

Answer 43

January 1649

Question 44

who was the driving force behind the execution of charles

Answer 44

Oliver Cromwell who at the time was the leader of the new model army

Question 45

What happened at the Trial?

Answer 45

Thomas Pride threw out any MPs who opposed trial, leaving 200 out of 500 MPs remaining in a RUMP PARLIAMENT. Charles refused the authority of the court so didnt defend himself

Question 46

why was the execution of charles so significant

Answer 46

He was removed by army commanders and not barons he was removed for being a bad king the divine right of kings had been overthrown

Question 47

Why did Cromwell want Charles dead

Answer 47

He believed Charles couldnt be trusted and would start another war He believed that God did not approve of Charles due to him having lost the war