chapter 5 james Flashcards
who made more effort to maintain a good relaitonship with parliament?
James
what were the three key events that took place during James’ first parliament?
shirley’s case, buckinghamshire election and attempted union of england and scotland 1606
what happened with the buckinghamshire election?
goodwin anulled by chancery for breaking the law and was replaced with fortescue - many saw this as a royal interference, james raised debate over prerogative and a new election was held to make it fair
what was shirley’s case 1604?
MP shirley arrested for debt and held in the tower of london - MPs pushing for freedom from arrest as part of parliamentary privillege
what was proposed in the union of scotland and england 1606?
there would be a anew currency, james would be king of both countries and all ships would carry the union flag
why did the union fall apart?
opposition from MPs
why was the addled parliament of 1614 so ineffective?
failure of great contract, debt, factional conflict within parliament, manipulation of MPs, lack of secretary of state to speak on james behalf, issues over finance
why was foreign policy such an issue during the 1621 parliament?
James wanted to keep peace with spain and get parliament to agree to the spanish match but MPs were calling for war despite them refusing to grant the money to organise an army
what happened in december 1621 in relation to discussion of foreign policy?
a document was produced criticising the spanish match which angered james and caused him to prevent MPs from discussion foreign policy and dissolved parliament
why did the outbreak of the 30years war put a strain on relations between crown and parliament?
james wanted to keep peace but parliament and rest of anti-catholic population wanted war, despite not providing the funds to do so
which issue dominated the 1624 parliament?
foreign policy and the question of whether to got war or not - charles keen but no money
