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Charles obtains money without Parliament’s consent
This is the picture In 1628, Charles I, having prorogued Parliament in early summer and after his assent to the Petition of Right, proceeded to levy ship money on every county in England without Parliament, issuing writs requiring £173,000 to be returned to the exchequer. This was the first occasion when the demand for ship-money aroused serious opposition, in view of the declaration in the petition that -
Parliament passes the Grand Remonstrance
First proposed by John Pym, the effective leader of opposition to the King in Parliament and taken up by George Digby, John Hampden and others, the Grand Remonstrance summarised all of Parliament's opposition to Charles' foreign, financial, legal and religious policies, setting forth 204 separate points of objection and calling for the expulsion of all bishops from Parliament, a purge of officials, with Parliament having a right of veto over Crown appointments and an end to sale of land confisca -
Charles invades the House of Commons
The botched arrest attempt was politically disastrous for Charles. No English sovereign had ever entered the House of Commons, and his unprecedented invasion of the chamber to arrest its members was considered a grave breach of parliamentary privilege.In one stroke Charles destroyed his supporters' efforts to portray him as a defence against innovation and disorder. -
New Model Army
Its soldiers became full-time professionals, rather than part-time militia. To establish a professional officer corps, the army's leaders were prohibited from having seats in either the House of Lords or House of Commons. This was to encourage their separation from the political or religious factions among the Parliamentarians. -
Battle of Naseby
The Battle of Naseby was the decisive battle of the first English Civil War. On 14 June 1645, near the village of Naseby in Northamptonshire, the main army of King Charles I was destroyed by the Parliamentarian New Model Army commanded by Sir Thomas Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell. -
Charles surrenders
After starting the war well, Charles' Royallist forces face defeat. Fearing capture by the Parliamentary army, Charles surrenders to the Covenanters. He is taken to Newcastle and pressured to sign the National Covenant. Charles refuses and is handed over to the English Parliament. -
Charles I escapes
Now Whalley was determined to find out what had happened, and suspected that the King’s servants were being less than helpful. He looked in through the keyhole to see if the King was ill, and banged on the door. Getting no answer, he now insisted on being taken into the bedchamber the back way, through the Privy Garden and up the Privy Stairs.
Getting inside at last, he found the King’s cloak lying on the dressing room floor. But there was no sign of the King -
Army purges Parliament
In 1648, King Charles I was in captivity at Carisbrooke Castle and the first stage of the English Civil War was over. The Long Parliament issued a set of demands for the future government of the Kingdom and sent commissioners to negotiate with the King over the terms of the putative Treaty of Newport. The leaders of the New Model Army had previously tried to negotiate with the King themselves in 1647, shortly after the end of the first civil war in 1646 -
Execution of Charles
Charles's beheading was scheduled for Tuesday, 30 January 1649. Two of his children remained in England under the control of the Parliamentarians: Elizabeth and Henry. They were permitted to visit him on 29 January, and he bade them a tearful farewell. The following morning, he called for two shirts to prevent the cold weather causing any noticeable shivers that the crowd could have mistaken for fear: "the season is so sharp as probably may make me shake, which some observers may -
Cromwell becomes leader
Cromwell had no formal training in military tactics, and followed the common practice of ranging his cavalry in three ranks and pressing forward, relying on impact rather than firepower. His strengths were an instinctive ability to lead and train his men, and his moral authority. In a war fought mostly by amateurs, these strengths were significant and are likely to have contributed to the discipline of his cavalry. -
Cromwell dismisses Parliament
It is high time for me to put an end to your sitting in this place,
which you have dishonored by your contempt of all virtue, and defiled by your practice of every vice.
Ye are a factious crew, and enemies to all good government.
Ye are a pack of mercenary wretches, and would like Esau sell your country for a mess of pottage, and like Judas betray your God for a few pieces of money.
Is there a single virtue now remaining amongst you? Is there one vice you do not possess?
Ye have no more reli -
Instrument of Government appoints Cromwell Lord Protector
The Protectorate was the period during the Commonwealth (or, to monarchists, the Interregnum) when England (which at that time included Wales), Ireland and Scotland were governed by a Lord Protector. The Protectorate began in 1653 when, following the dissolution of the Rump Parliament and then Barebone's Parliament, Oliver Cromwell was appointed Lord Protector of the Commonwealth under the terms of the Instrument of Government. -
Blue Laws are imposed
During the interregnum, the time after the English civil war when England was ruled by Cromwell, England was subject to a set of laws called “Blue Laws.” These laws dictated morality, social behavior, and many minute aspects of life as an Englishman. Based off puritan codes of morality, these laws were later carried over to the America by the puritans. -
Charles II eliminates the Blue Laws
Charles the second was a weak leader, most of his actions were pushed by Parliament. The most significant event of Charles II and the Restoration of the Monarchy was Charles eliminating the blue laws, this one of the only big things that Charles did without the influence of Parliament, The Blue Laws were very unpopular within England, which made Charles more popular for eliminating them -
Parliament passes the Test Act
The Test Acts were a series of English penal laws that served as a religious test for public office and imposed various civil disabilities on Roman Catholics and Nonconformists. The principle was that none but people taking communion in the established Church of England were eligible for public employment, and the severe penalties pronounced against recusants, whether Catholic or Nonconformist, were affirmations of this principle. -
Parliament invites Mary and William to become queen and king of England
he first most significant of the Glorious Revolution cause was Parliament inviting Mary & William to the throne, I think this was significant because it tied in with James leaving the throne but Parliament was pushing him to leave the throne, so that is why I chose Parliament inviting Mary and William to the throne. -
Mary and William agree to the Bill of Rights
when Mary and William agreed with Bill of Rights, because I feel like this had an impact and was one the few large things they did during there rule
