James and foriegn policy

Question 1

What was James aims?

Answer 1

• to be rex pacfificus
  -so have the Spanish match
  -keep out pf the war
  -negotiate with Spain to help out his son in law
  -did not have enough money for a military campaign
  -harmony
  -Spain was superior

Question 2

What was the Spanish match

Answer 2

• a marriage alliance between the infanta maria and Charles I
  -it would be thwarted by the madrid trip in 1624

Question 3

What concessions did James make for the spanish

Answer 3

1620:
-more tolerant to Catholics in England
-less recusancy fines
-bishops can collect money for a fighting fund
-volunteer army of 3000

Question 4

What did the public want James to do?

Answer 4

-fight catholism
-prevent a counter revolution
-fears of creeping catholics
-no spanish match
-support the protestants
-battle of white mountain -1620- exacerbates fears

Question 5

How did parliament help finance the crown?

Answer 5

-1621- James asks for £500,000 gets £150,000
-2nd parli in 1621- James asks for £900,000 gets £70,000
-issues a protestation in the journal of the house
-parli is dissolves- encroaching in James prerogative
-DROK is used as a convenient excuse
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Question 6

When was the Madrid trip and what was its significance?

Answer 6

-feb 1623
-personal qualm between Buckingham and the spanish
-end of the spanish match
-charles and buckingham come back and want revenge
-james begins to adopt a stricter policy against the spanish
-charles was impressed by the hierarchal structure of spain
-costed lots and undermined financial reforms up to that point