Chapter 6 (NOT FINAL)

Question 1

What 2 things did the Petition of Right fail to mention?

Answer 1

• Customs duties, impositions, tonnage and poundage.

- Charles’ favouring of anti-Calvinists.

Question 2

What did Charles tell the royal printer to do to the Petition of Right?

Answer 2

Deface the statute number casting doubt on its legality.

Question 3

When were the Three Resolutions passed?

Answer 3

2 March 1629

Question 4

Who held the Speaker of the Commons down in his chair?

Answer 4

MPs Denzil Holles and Benjamin Valentine.

Question 5

What did the Three Resolutions express?

Answer 5

Parliament’s opposition to Arminianism and the continued collection of tonnage and poundage without parliamentary approval.

Question 6

What was Charles’ response to the Three Resolutions?

Answer 6

He dissolved Parliament two days later on 4 March 1629.

Question 7

What did Charles do after dissolving Parliament?

Answer 7

He had his leading critics, including John Eliot, Denzil Holles, and Benjamin Valentine arrested for treason.