Treaty of Madrid

Question 1

Treaty of Madrid:

Date

Answer 1

1630

Question 2

Treaty of Madrid:

Summary

Answer 2

Charles signed the Treaty of Madrid which ended hostilities with Spain. This would lead to Charles’ annual spending on war reducing from £500,000 in the years 1625-29 to less than £70,000 in the 1630s.

Question 3

Treaty of Madrid:

Causation

Answer 3

Charles need to relief expenses on foreign policy with Buckingham perished:

• Charles had made peace with France in the Treaty of Susa in 1629.

Question 4

Treaty of Madrid:

Consequence

Answer 4

Charles’ annual spending on war reduced from £500,000 in the years 1625-29 to less than £70,000 in the 1630s.

Also meant that Charles I was not committed to defending the Protestant cause in Europe as most of his subjects would have wished him to be.