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Which financial policy was the Five Knights Case associated with?
Forced Loan
What were the four key demands of the Petition of Right?
No taxation without parliamentary consent, no imprisonment without just cause, no billeting of soldiers on households against their will, no martial law to punish ordinary offences
Two reasons that the Three Resolutions (which followed the Petition of Right) were so confrontational
Denounced Arminianism, encouraged merchants to refuse to pay tonnage and poundage
St. Gregory’s case: The ______ and _______ _______ ruled that ________ should have the right to choose the position of _______ ______ within each ______. This was significant because they were more likely to choose a _______ table in the east end of the church with ______ _____ because they wanted to establish hierarchy in the Church.
King, privy council, Bishops, communion tables, diocese, fixed, altar rails
The Short Parliament wanted their grievances regarding _______ and _______ to be addressed before they granted Charles money for the Bishops’ Wars
religion, taxation
The Long Parliament presented the Ten Propositions to Charles in _______ _______. They demanded that the King ______ those who stirred ________ between him and his people and appointed those that parliament could _________ in. This marked an attempt by parliament to _________ ________ their power.
June 1641, dismiss, divisions, confide, significantly extend
The Grand Remonstrance was a list of parliamentary grievances. The document demanded _________ _______ of ministers, attacked Charles’ ________ policies, and called for the expulsion of all __________ from parliament. The document was intended to showcase all of Charles’ __________ and emphasise parliament’s strength. However, the document was careful not to make any _______ _________ against the King himself.
parliamentary approval, religious, bishops, failings, direct accusations
State four demands in the Nineteen Propositions (June 1642)
parliament was to be responsible for the defence of the country, parliament was to supervise all foreign policy, parliament was to oversee the education of all royal children and arrange their marriages, strict new laws agaisnt Catholics were to be enforced
What were the four key compromises proposed by parliament in the Newcastle Propositions (July 1646)
The King was to sign the Solemn League and Covenant, episcopacy was to be abolished, the Church was to be reformed along Presbyterian lines, the armed forces and militia were to be controlled by parliament for 20 years
What were the five key compromises in the Heads of Proposals (July 1647)
The episcopacy would be retained but the power of Bishops would be reduced, the Solemn League and Covenant would be revoked, the Book of Common Prayer would be overruled, biennial parliaments would be called, no royalists would hold office for five years
Four Bills (December 1647) One of the ______ attempts at ______. Stipulated that the King was to hand over the _______ and ______ to parliament for a period of 20 years.
last, compromise, army, navy
What was the Vote of No Addresses (1648) and what did its repeal in August 1648 demonstrate?
list of grievances against the King, showed that parliament was willing to continue negotiating with the King
Three key beliefs of the Levellers
The English Constitution did not need to include a monarch, there should be biennial elections, equality for all
The Toleration Act (September 1650) meant that it was no longer compulsory to _______ _______
attend church
The Instrument of Government gave executive power to the _________ and legislative power to _________. It also made provisions for the army to receive a _________ _______. This suggested that the army would never be _________ and so England would never return to _______ ______. This demonstrates the increased role of the army in politics and was a key reason why the first protectorate parliament failed to _________ the Instrument.
Protector, parliament, constant revenue, disbanded, civilian rule, ratify
