HISTORY
ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION
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Question
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James I required Puritansand Anglicans to worship using Catholic rituals
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Charles I demanded money from Parliament and ruled absolutely
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James II arrested theleaders of Parliament after they defied him
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Charles II ignored the Bill of Rights he had signed for Parliament
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Detailed explanation-1: -As a precondition to granting any future taxes, in 1628 Parliament forced the King to assent to the Petition of Right. This asked for a settlement of Parliament’s complaints against the King’s non-parliamentary taxation and imprisonments without trial, plus the unlawfulness of martial law and forced billets.
Detailed explanation-2: -Seven years of fighting between Charles’ supporters and Oliver Cromwell’s Parliamentarians claimed the lives of thousands, and ultimately, of the King himself. Charles was convicted of treason and executed on 30 January 1649 outside the Banqueting House in Whitehall.
Detailed explanation-3: -Money. A key factor which led to the outbreak of the Civil War was King Charles and his lack of money. Charles’ father King James I, had led a lavish, extravagant lifestyle, which had left the Royal treasury depleted. The cost of running the Royal household of Charles I was similarly expensive.
Detailed explanation-4: -Royalist defeat in the 1648 Second English Civil War resulted in the Execution of Charles I in January 1649, and establishment of the Commonwealth of England.