6) Relations 1629 between Charles & Parliament

Question 1

failures of 1628 Petition of Right

Answer 1

• didn’t mention customs duty, impositions, tonnage & poundage (so Charles maintained rights)
• Charles’ favouring of Arminians

Question 2

question of trust

Answer 2

Charles hadn’t replied to 1628 Petition in legal way - parliament questioned whether he could rule with an unwritten Constitution

Question 3

Three Resolutions 1629

Answer 3

expressed opposition to Arminianism & collection of tonnage & poundage w/o parliamentary approval (revolutionary act)

Question 4

Charles’ response to Three Resolutions 1629

Answer 4

dissolved parliament & had leading critics arrested for treason - start of his Personal Rule

Question 5

what was Arminianism linked to?

Answer 5

absolutism

Question 6

Petition of Right 1628

Answer 6

• parliament had to consent to taxation
• people couldn’t be imprisoned w/o just cause shown
• imposition of martial law on population was illegal
• imposition of billeting on population was illegal

Question 7

‘functional breakdown’ of English administration =

Answer 7

straining of the links between local and central government - one of the main reasons for the power struggle

Question 8

possible tension: ideology

Answer 8

• 2 separate conflicting themes of political thought

Question 9

possible tension: Charles

Answer 9

• widespread opposition against Forced Loan 1626, foreign policy, Arminian favouring
  + many rejoiced in his succession & some crown critics still willing to work in gov after 1629

Question 10

possible tension: religion

Answer 10

• absolute extent of royal power vs common law

+ all parliament sessions have problems (w/ James)

Question 11

possible tension: Buckingham

Answer 11

• a reason for ‘functional breakdown’
• widespread opposition
  + popular for supporting parliamentary calls for war w/ Spain

Question 12

possible tension: war

Answer 12

• burden created administrative breakdown
• Buckingham links
• widespread opposition to foreign policy
• caused rapid breakdown in working relationship w/ parliament

Question 13

possible tension: finance

Answer 13

• widespread opposition to forced loan
• Charles believed parliament HAD to fund Spanish war
  + opposition not necessarily maintained

Question 14

possible tension: functional reasons

Answer 14

• pressure of war
• Buckingham
• unpopular methods of revenue collection