Civil War Flashcards
Who was it a fight between
Charles the first and parliament
Name 9 reasons why it started
Charles married a French Catholic, the Church was Protestant, Charles fought the scots and made extra taxes for that, Charles couldn’t be trusted, archbishop and Charles ,add churches more Catholic, Charles kept dissolving parliament, Charles demanded the arrest of MPS, parliament felt they should have more of a say in what should happen in the country
When did it happen?
1642-1649
Why did charles loose
Oliver cromwell was a better leader than Charles and the Roundheads ruled in the rushes to parts of the country
Where did it happen
England, Scotland was involved as well, battle of edge hill and battle of noseby, parliament,parlimentarians has south and London and the kind had north east and north west of England
When did Charles come to the throne
1625
Why was Charles forced to recall parliament
War with Scotland
What did parliament do intpstead of helping Charles
Gave him a list of complaints, grand remonstrance
What was the last thing that happened before civil was broke out
Charles tried to arrest the five leaders of the parliament
