James I Flashcards
What did England agree to in the Treaty of London?
- End support for Dutch rebels
- To stop attacking Spanish ships
- Resumption of trade
When was the Treaty of London?
1604
Who led the English delegations during the Treaty of London?
Robert Cecil
What did Spain agree to in the Treaty of London?
- English merchants would not face the Spanish Inquisition
- England could trade with areas of the New World it had before
- Resumption of trade
What were the consequences of the Treaty of London?
- Trade boomed
- Customs revenues rose
- Spain’s hopes of restoring Catholicisim in England ended
- No support for Irish rebels or English Catholic terrorism
- English settlement expanded in North America
Why did England become involved in the Palatinate crisis?
- Marriage of Elizabeth to Frederick of the Palatinate in 1613
- After rebellion in Bohemia Frederick accepts Bohemian crown
- Spain invades Palatinate to oust Frederick
- Pressure on James to support Frederick and Protestant cause
Why did James want to regain the Palatinate but not Bohemia for Frederick?
- He didn’t believe in elective monarchies
- He had advised Frederick not to accept Bohemian crown
- He did not want to get involved in a major European war
Why were the Spanish marriage negotiations revived in 1622?
- Consequences of the failure of the 1612 Parliament to grant sufficient subsides to James
- Negotiate from a position of strength
What was the Mansfeld Expedition?
- An expedition aimed to recapture the Palatinate
When was the Mansfeld Expedition?
1624-25
Why did the Mansfeld Expedition fail?
- France withdrew co-operation
- Late changes of plan meant they had to go through Holland and many soldiers died of starvation
- Insufficient subsides
Why was the crown so soon in debt after 1603?
- James’s Extravagance
- James was married with children (needed for subsides)
- Needed to establish himself in England through gifts (Courtiers expected this)
- Old fashioned financial system
Who was Lionel Cranfield and why and wen was he removed from government?
- In charge of the King’s finances in the early 1620s
- Attempted to cut expendature
- Was opposed to the war with Spain
- Impeached in 1624
What were Wardships and how did the crown make money from them?
- Wardships were the King’s right to manage the estates of minors he had inherited land
- Was then sold to highest bidder
- When the heir became of age he had to pay the crown to regain his state
- Was seen to be very corrupt
What was the Great Contract and why did it fail?
- In return for regular income of £200,000 the King would give up his rights of wardships and purveyance
- Parliament were concerned about level of taxation and the possibility James could then rule without them
- James did not want to give up his rights and requested another lump sum with Parliament refused
What were Monopolies and why were they unpopular?
- The sole right to produce a good or provide a service
- It was one of the monarch’s rights to issue them
- Was supposed to protect new inventors or processes
- System was being abused and were being sold to raise money for the crown
- Led to unemployment, decreasing quality of goods and increasing prices of goods due to lack of competiton
Who was impeached in 1621?
- Sir Giles Mompesson (multiple monopolist) and Sir Frances Bacon were impeached
What was the Millenary Petition and what did it lead to?
- Petition to the King signed by 1000 Puritan ministers
- Suggested that the last remnants of Catholicism be removed from the Church
- Led to the Hampton Court Conference and the King James Bible
What did James mean when he said ‘No Bishop, No King’?
- If bishops were removed from the church he would lose he ability to control the church and therefore the country
- His authority would be undermined
When did the Gun Powder Plot take place?
1605
Who was behind the Gun Powder Plot?
- Robert Catesby
What were the consequences of the Gun Powder Plot?
- Co-operation between James and Parliament
- More anti-Catholic laws
- James was afraid of threats to his life
- Increased fear of Catholics
What was the Form of Apology and Satisfaction?
- Expression of concern from the Commons that the power of the King was growing at their expense
- It was drawn up by a committee but never presented to the whole house
- May have been a minority view
What led the Commons to make their Protestantion of 1621?
- James reproached the Commons for their interference in the Spanish marriage
- King implied that he could remove their freedom of speech
- Commons responded with a statement reaffirming their belief that they had such privileges by right
in which years were parliament called during James’s reign?
- 1604
- 1614
- 1621
- 1624
