The Short and Long Parliaments

Question 1

Who was recalled from Ireland?

Answer 1

Thomas Wentworth

Question 2

When was the short parliament?

Answer 2

April - May 1640

Question 3

What did Charles ask for?

Answer 3

12 subsides, £300,000 in total

Question 4

What was parliament’s response to Charles’ plea?

Answer 4

Weren’t willing to give money, not in the mood for war

Question 5

What did the MPs think of the Scots?

Answer 5

They weren’t enemies

Question 6

What did MPs want abolished?

Answer 6

Ship money and impositions

Question 7

What happened at the end of SP?

Answer 7

Charles dissolved the parliament

Question 8

What happened in Scotland in August 1640?

Answer 8

Their army was ready to face the English

Question 9

Who led the English army?

Answer 9

Wentworth (Earl of Strafford)

Question 10

How did Strafford raise money?

Answer 10

Irish grants

Question 11

Where did the Scots reach before English fought back?

Answer 11

Newcastle

Question 12

What did Charles summon in SEP?

Answer 12

Council of Peers for advice

Question 13

What terms were agreed by the CoP?

Answer 13

Charles to pay Scots £850 a day until settlement reached

Question 14

Why was a Long Parliament called?

Answer 14

Many counties wanted things reformed/petitions looked at

Question 15

What reforms happened due to LP?

Answer 15

• Triennial Act - no more than 3 years between parliaments
• Ship money = illegal
• Collections of T+P and impositions legalised