Civil War 🧑🏻⚖️⚔️🤴🏻 Flashcards
What date did Charles burst into the House of commons
January 1642
How many soldiers did Charles bring into parliament
400
What did Charles intend to do in parliament
Arrest 5 leading MPs
What is divine right?
Charles I beleived he was chosen by God to rule and he could do whatever he wanted
Why was parliament not happy with Charles marrying Henrietta Marie
Parliament were Puritan and Henrietta wasnt so Parliament were scared they thought Henrietta and charles would force them to go catholic.
What were Charles’ quarels with scotland about?
Charles wanted Scottish churches to use his English prayer book, and he didn’t ask them he demanded them, scotland wasnt happy with this.
Why weren’t parliament happy about Charles’ quarrels with scotland?
Charles needed to raise taxes to fight the war, parliament didnt agree with this.
Charles dissolved parliament, what does this mean?
He stopped them from meeting
How long did Charles run the country without parliament?
11 years
Charles still needed money for the war, what was the new tax called?
Ship tax
What year was ship tax invented?
1635
Who did Charles apoint Archbishop of canterbury
William Laud
How long was King Charles I’s rain?
1625-1649 (24 years)
When was King Charles I born?
1600
Who were the roundheads?
Parliamentarians, they followed Oliver Cromwell
Who were the cavaliers?
Royalists, they followed King Charles I
What was the New model army?
The New Model Army was created in February 1645 by the Parliamentarians during the English Civil Wars (1642-1651) It was a professional army in terms of its personnel, training, and leadership
Who was the New Model Army commanded by?
Sir thomas fairfax then Oliver cromwell
When were the English civil wars?
1642-1651
When did the civil war start
22 august 1642
What was cromwell’s title after he abolished the monarchy
Lord protector
When was charles 1 executed
1649
How many irish people were killed when cromwell invaded droghea
2,800
Why did people admire cromwell?
Cromwell helped to bring about the overthrow of the Stuart monarchy, and, as lord protector, he raised his country’s status once more to that of a leading European power from the decline it had gone through since the death. He also founded the New model army which brang together everyone not just rich people fighting
Key features of cavaliers
They fought on horseback
Wore steel breastplates over leather coats
Had pistols and sword
Wore red sashes
Fancy clothes
Key features of roundheads
Wore yellow sashes
Were seperated into 2 classes, the pikemen amd musketeers
Very short hair
Plain simple clothes
What is the definition of a civil war
a war between citizens of the same country.
