SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
FOUNDING OF THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIES
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The Puritans in Parliament won and executed King Charles I
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King Charles I won and executed all the Puritans in Parliament
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The English Civil Wars ended on September 3, 1651, with Oliver Cromwell’s victory at Worcester and the subsequent flight of Charles II to France.
Detailed explanation-2: -The causes of the wars were complex and many-layered. At the centre of the conflict were disagreements about religion, and discontent over the king’s use of power and his economic policies. In 1649, the victorious Parliamentarians sentenced Charles I to death.
Detailed explanation-3: -Battle of Naseby. Sir Thomas Fairfax led his troops to victory over King Charles I at the Battle of Naseby on 14 June 1645. His triumph won the First English Civil War (1642-46) for Parliament and ensured that monarchs would never again be supreme in British politics.
Detailed explanation-4: -Charles was convicted of treason and executed on 30 January 1649 outside the Banqueting House in Whitehall.