18 - moves towards civil war

Question 1

reasons for the five members incident

Answer 1

position of the bishops
open attacks on henrietta maria by the commons

Question 2

who were the five members

Answer 2

pym
hampden
holles
strode
haselrig

Question 3

events of the 5 members incident

Answer 3

charles attempted to enter commons with soliders to arrest the 5 mps himself after commons refused to cooperate and instead set up a comitee
the mps had already left for the city, controlled by puritans who refused to hand them over
charles failed

Question 4

aftermath of the 5 members indicent

Answer 4

parliament saw this as an attack on their privledge, confiming that charles couldnt be trusted
demontsrations agianst the king and queen forced them to leavelondon
he wouldnt return until his trial

Question 5

moves to secure parliamentray power

Answer 5

with the moderates leaving with charles, left radicals in charge of parliament
the took action to transfer royal powers to themsleves (lords couldnt refuse due to immense social pressure)
bishops excluded form the lords
a miltia ordinance was passed to give parliament the power over the kings army (which he refused)
also attempted to secure mone in the act of £400,000 which was based on ship money

Question 6

attempts to secure arsenal

Answer 6

following the attempts to secure power, their was a rush from both sides to secure the countries arsenal, such as Hull, which stored the ammunition used to fight the scots (which charles was unsucsessful in)

Question 7

reasons for the 19 propositions

Answer 7

some royalists invited parliament to state their terms for a settlement

Question 8

19 propositions

Answer 8

essentially made parliament the sovereign power and would control -
* the kings advisors
* the army
* reforms of the chruch
* foreign policy
* who could sit in the H of L
* the education and marriages or royal chidlren

Question 9

responses to the 19 propositions

Answer 9

people were shcoked about the radicalism of parliament
charles gained support as the financial measures parliament had undertaken were at least as demanding as ship money

Question 10

the start of the civil war

Answer 10

• july, parliament voted to raise an army
• august - stated that charles had started a war and it was treason to support him
• 22nd august, charles rised the standard to gather support