LITERATURE QUESTIONS
RESTORATION EIGHTEENTH CENTURY DRAMA
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What was the main cause of the English Civil War?
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Religious conflict between Anglicans and Scottish Presbyterians
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Political conflict between the commoners and the nobility
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Charles I’s defiance of Parliament
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Just like America almost 200 years later, slavery
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Charles I’s attempt to establish a state religion
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The English Civil War (1642–1651) was a series of civil wars and political machinations between Parliamentarians ("Roundheads") and Royalists led by Charles I ("Cavaliers"), mainly over the manner of England ’s governance and issues of religious freedom.
Detailed explanation-2: -At the centre of the conflict were disagreements about religion, and discontent over the king’s use of power and his economic policies.
Detailed explanation-3: -The principal causes of the English Civil Wars may be summarised as: Charles I’s unshakeable belief in the divine right of kings to rule. Parliament’s desire to curb the powers of the king. Charles I’s need for money to fund his court and wars.
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