the failure of monarchial gov 1625-46

Question 1

when did charles i succed the throne

Answer 1

march 1625

Question 2

when did disagreements begin with charles and parliament

Answer 2

commons refused charles the right o collect an excisetax. tonnage and poundage for life in response to failed mansfeld campaign

Question 3

how did the mood darken

Answer 3

queen henrietta maria arrived in england establishing here own court of cathholic advisers as well as charle showing religious sympathiies by promoting the arminian clergy

Question 4

when was a naval expedition sent toatack the port of cadizin spain

Answer 4

late 1625

Question 5

why did the attack fail completely

Answer 5

poorly trained and equipped. badlyled by buckinhams nominee viscount wimbledon

Question 6

why did charles hastily dissolve parliament

Answer 6

commons discussing buckinhams impeachment proceedings

Question 7

when did charles call another parliament

Answer 7

early 1626

Question 8

when parliament refused to grant taxation for charles to stop the second impechment what did he do

Answer 8

he demanded a forced loan from all tax payers and whoever refused to pay was punished by conscription or imprisoment

Question 9

what was this seen as

Answer 9

a direct challenge to law and existence of parliament

Question 10

who refused to endorse this legality

Answer 10

lord chief carew refused to endorse this legality and was dusmissed

Question 11

in 1627 whpo refused to pay the loan

Answer 11

a group of fiver knights

Question 12

when did charles summon another parliamet

Answer 12

in 1628

Question 13

what did the petitions of right state

Answer 13

asked him to reverse decisiions on five knihts case as well as demanding that in the longterm citizens would not be asked to pay forced loans or imprisoned without trial.

Question 14

petition of rights was seen as a form of

Answer 14

reconciliation

Question 15

how did charles action ruin this reconciliuation

Answer 15

he published a revised version of the petition allowing him to collect tonnage and poundage without parliamentay grant. he also improsoned merchants who refused

Question 16

who was granted bail by common law courts but was stoill improsend by perogaive court

Answer 16

richard chambrers

Question 17

who did charles appoint as Bishop of london

Answer 17

william laud

Question 18

who was buckinham assasinated by

Answer 18

john felton

Question 19

when was parliament reassembked after buckinhams death

Answer 19

january 1629

Question 20

when did william laud become archbishop of cantebury

Answer 20

1633

Question 21

when did charles sign the treaty of madrid

Answer 21

1630

Question 22

what did signing the treaty lead to in terms of spending on war

Answer 22

annual spending reduced from £500,000 in the years 1625-29 to less than £70,000 in the 1630’s

Question 23

what tax was used or the upkeep of the navy

Answer 23

levy on ship money, worths about £200,00 a year to the exchequer

Question 24

when was the levy first introduced

Answer 24

1634

Question 25

when did the first attempt for organised resistance come about

Answer 25

1636 from a group of puritan gentry and the nobilitu

Question 26

who refused to pay ship money in 1636

Answer 26

john hampden (this bought about a legal challenge )

Question 27

what was the margin of the decision found in kings favour

Answer 27

a narrow seven to five

Question 28

what did this case serve as

Answer 28

weakness of opposition as parliamanet didnt ahve the power tio sepak up

Question 29

in 1637 who did the courts of the star chamber sentence

Answer 29

three puritan writers who had published attack on the gov. burton bastiwck and prynee

Question 30

who wa sthis sntence imposed by

Answer 30

laud. this showed an increased influence of laudian bishsops in the gov

Question 31

opposition to ship money increased and yied fell to what

Answer 31

20 percent of expected mony in 1639