The Crisis of Parliament and the outbreak of the First Civil War 1640-1642 Flashcards
Opening of Short Parliament
13 April 1640
Dissolution of Short Parliament
5 May 1640
Petition of the Twelve Peers
August 1640
Impeachment of Strafford
Nov 1640
Root and Branch Petition + impeachment of Laud
Dec 1640
Triennal Act passed
15 Feb 1641
Trial of Strafford opens
March 1641
Impeachment of Strafford abandoned
April 1641
Charles orders army officers to return to their troops
19 April 1641
News of Army Plot breaks
3 May 1641
Protestation Oath presented to Parliament
6 May 1641
Death of Earl of Bedford
10 May 1641
Act against Dissolution
10 May 1641
Strafford executed under Act of Attainder
22 May 1641
Charles travels to Scotland
August 1641
Parliamentary recess
September - October 1641
Outbreak of Irish Rebellion after the ‘Incident’
October 1641
The ‘Additional Instruction’ - stated that Charles could only appoint councillors approved of by Parliament, or Parliament would raise their own army and go to Ireland
November 1641
Charles returns from Scotland
November 1641
The Grand Remonstrance
November 1641
Militia Bill
December 1641
The king’s answer to the Petition
December 1641
Failed Arrest of the Five Members
January 1642
Exclusion Bill
February 1642
Militia Ordinance
March 1642
The Nineteen Propositions
July 1642
Parliament raises an army
July 1642
Charles raises his standard
22 August 1642
