the short and long parliament

Question 1

who advises king to call parliament

Answer 1

Thomas Wentworth

Question 2

reasons for parliaments dissolutions
HINT foreign powers

Answer 2

1. Charles had expectations of receiving money from pope and king of spain
2. Strafford suggested using Irish army
3. Strafford became ill and couldn’t help with political management
4. some MPS sympathised with the covenanters
5. members wanted to discuss grievances and didn’t trust King Charles to go through

Question 3

what deal did Charles make with parliament

Answer 3

King expected to be granted subsidies in return to listening to their grievances

Question 4

Why did they recall parliament for the long parliament

Answer 4

The treaty of ripon
The king had to recall the parliament
he could not dissolve the parliament until subsidies were paid off to Scotland
which would trigger withdrawal back to Scotland

Question 5

What did Laud’s new cannons do

Answer 5

Who compulsory oath Christians cannot disobey which was a pledge to follow archbishops as it now stands established in the Church of England
It is emphasis on the church rather than the Bible

Question 6

What was the effect on Charles

Answer 6

Politically financially and militarily weak
Charles could no longer raise the money through Parliament because they would not grant him subsidies

Question 7

What Charles’s trengths

Answer 7

1. He could rely on the House of Lords for funding since they are only rich because of him
2. Supremacy in the legal system
3. Command in the army and Stratford could also call the Irish army
4. He was able to publish what was in the press and had control of the press
5. Charles could approach foreign powers such as the king of Spain and the pope for aid
   He had determined and effective ministers such as Wentworth Lord and Strafford
6. Charles have the resources of three kingdoms Ireland Scotland and England

Question 8

Charles’s weaknesses

Answer 8

He was critical of parliament he was absent and he made other groups feel alienated he was unable to handle debate without seeing it as disloyalty and therefore increased rebellion

Question 9

Parliament strengths

Answer 9

1. They all oppose Charles is abuse of personal rule
2. They wanted to revive the relationship between the king and parliament
3. Already made measures to resolve grievances such as abolishing ship money and regulated tonnage and poundage they also impeached Wentworth and prevented dissolution without consent
4. Interconnection since the 1620s and remained active during the personal rule
5. They were well educated professionals such as lawyers
6. There was support of the London is a strong presence of puritans 15,000 signed the petition for root and branch