Charles I - 1625 - 1649

Question 1

Act of Revocation 1625

Answer 1

Charles takes scottish land to support church in scotland

Question 2

Tonnage and Poundage

Answer 2

forced subsidy by Charles

Question 3

5 Knights case

Answer 3

November 1627, 5 men challenges Charles, imprisoned but later released in 1628 due to Charles mishandling

Question 4

Petition of Right 1628

Answer 4

Limited Charles power through taxation imprisonment etc

Charles hesitantly agreed 7th June 1628

Question 5

Personal rule 1629 - 1640

Answer 5

Marc 1629

Charles dismissed Parliament

Question 6

Coronation of scotland

Answer 6

1633 - offended many

Question 7

New prayer book

Answer 7

July 1637 St Giles Cathedral riots led to bishop wars

Question 8

Scottish National Covenant

Answer 8

February 1638 - Manifesto to oppose charles

Question 9

1st bishop war March - June 1639

Answer 9

Scottish victory, ended with the truce of Berwick

Question 10

Short Parliament

Answer 10

April 1640 - advised by Wentworth only lasted 3 weeks

Question 11

2nd bishop war

Answer 11

August - scots occupy Newcastle

October - treaty of ripon ends war, agrees to pay £850 to Scottish soldiers daily

Question 12

Long Parliament

Answer 12

November 1640 - ends 11 year personal rule

Question 13

Anti Court Consensus

Answer 13

Group of MPS led by Pym who opposed Charles and his personal rule

Question 14

Act of Attainder

Answer 14

Led to Wentworth’s execution on 12th may 1641

accused of treason with no evidence

Question 15

How did long parliament limit charles

Answer 15

Star chamber and high commission abolished

Ship money made illegal

Royal forest boundaries reduced

Distrait of knighthood made illegal.

Court of wards disbanded

Question 16

Triennial Act

Answer 16

Feb 1641 - parliament had to meet once every 3 years

Question 17

10 Propositions

Answer 17

June 1641

parliament to choose privy council and control those around queen and education of royal children

Question 18

The Grand Remonstrance 1641

Answer 18

reinforced catholic conspiracy but made Pym look desperate and caused anti-court consensus dissolved

Question 19

5 members coup

Answer 19

Jan 1642 charles enters HoC 300 troops to arrest 5 MPS

angered parliament pym regained support

Question 20

Militia Ordnance

Answer 20

1642 march - first law without king army appoint military leaders

Question 21

commission of array

Answer 21

response to militia, call for army

Question 22

19 propositions

Answer 22

issued by Pym

wouldve made Charles modern day monarch

Question 23

22nd august 1642

Answer 23

King declares war on parliament

Question 24

3 Parties

Answer 24

peace - Denzil Holles hoped for settlement
middle - Pym hoped for negotiated settlement, largest
war - heselridge wanted to defeat king

Question 25

Solemn League and Covenant

Answer 25

December 1643 - parliament alliance with Scots in exchange for Presbyterian church in England

Question 26

Cessation

Answer 26

Sep 1643 released royal troops from Irish rebellion

Question 27

New Model Army

Answer 27

cromwell formed Feb 1645, based on meritocracy | battle of naseby 1000 royalists killed big win

Question 28

first civil war

Answer 28

1642 - summer 1646 | ended censorship

Question 29

the solemn engagement

Answer 29

29th may 1647 | NMA couldn't dissolve without receiving settlement from army council

Question 30

Head of Proposals

Answer 30

offer from army to king for religious toleration king prolonged negotiations power lay with army

Question 31

Case of the army truly stated

Answer 31

new parliament every 2 years and votes for men 21+

Question 32

Putney Debates 1647

Answer 32

levellers in army made plan for future constitution which clashed with Cromwell and Iretons conservative views

Question 33

Second civil war

Answer 33

feb - august 1648 Charles escaped army and allied with Scots United parliament and Army against him

Question 34

Vote of No address

Answer 34

26 Dec 1647, charles alliance with scotland | Feb 1648 parliament cuts negotiation and allies with Army

Question 35

vote of no address repeal

Answer 35

parliament still wanted negotiation whereas army wanted regicide

Question 36

Prides Purge

Answer 36

6 December 1648 | Colonel Thomas Pride stopped 110 who opposed Kings trial from entering

Question 37

Charles execution

Answer 37

refused to speak in trial | executed 30th Jan 1649 in Whitehall