history question?

Question

In your opinion, which decisions of Charles I made his conflict with Parliament worse?

I need 20 sentences minimum

thanx!

Answer 1

Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) was King of England, Scotland, and Ireland, from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649. He famously engaged in a struggle for power with the Parliament of England. As he was an advocate of the Divine Right of Kings, many in England feared that he was attempting to gain absolute power. There was widespread opposition to many of his actions, especially the levying of taxes without Parliament's consent.

Religious conflicts permeated Charles' reign. He selected his Catholic wife, Henrietta Maria, over the objections of Parliament and public opinion. Charles further allied himself with controversial religious figures, including the ecclesiastic Richard Montagu, and William Laud, whom Charles appointed Archbishop of Canterbury. Laud produced changes in the liturgy of the Church of England which many of Charles' subjects felt brought the Church of England too close to Roman Catholicism. Charles' later attempts to force religious reforms upon Scotland led to war that weakened England and helped precipitate his downfall.

The last years of Charles' reign were marked by the English Civil War, in which he was opposed by the forces of Parliament — who challenged his attempts to augment his own power — and by Puritans, who were hostile to his religious policies and apparent Catholic sympathy. The war ended in defeat for Charles, who was subsequently tried, convicted and executed for high treason. The monarchy was overthrown, and a commonwealth was established. As time passed this regime became increasingly dependent upon the army and became in effect a military dictatorship. Various political as well as socio-economic factors led to its collapse. Charles' son, Charles II, returned to restore the monarchy in 1660.

Charles is also the only person to be canonized by the Church of England since the English Reformation.

Answer 2

Well we never got Brit history in school here...the only mention of England was the revolution and they were called the Red Coats. My educaiton was of selected readings and all I remember about Charles I was he was the "bonny prince" and there were more songs written about him that an other monarch anywhere. That the Brits vowed never to execute another King afterwards The rest was from Edward Rutherford's book on "London," It was a great book but I can't remember much more about Charles I, except the civil war happened during his reign..

Answer 3

I think his decision to get others to do his homework for him was a key factor.

So... if you can just cut n paste Wikipedia, what do you suppose the point of learning history would be?

Could it be... understanding the common things that have happened (and will happen again) so you, as a smart adult, can recognize the situations and act wisely as a member of our great experiment?

So maybe you should just do the reading, do the homework, and try to understand what parallels you see between Charles I and the various leaders in the world today....

Answer 4

The first of Charles I decisions that made his conflict with parliament worse was supporting his friend the Duke of Buckingham (De Villiers). This is not eintirely his own fault but Buckingham failed to gain military success in France due to a planning error (the ladders they brought were to short for the walls, perhaps the equivalent of building fighter aircraft with wings that are to short). Buckingham was executed and it seemed everything was well.

The first real problem came with Charles's collection of tunnage and poundage, a ancient tax collected on vessals. Formerly Parlt. had to grant this to a king, Charles saw it as his perogative right and collected it without permission of parliament. Charles also extended Ship tax to areas other than the coast of England. (There is a famous case at common law on this but I dont think that will be considered interesting).

Charles's next decision was to dismiss Parliament for thirteen Years. Not that unsual but was highly disliked by Parliament.

The next time he called them was to help finance a war in Scotland, Parliament agreed but had grown fearful of Charles's other friend, the capable Thomas Wentworth. He too was executed. Charles in response grew even more disasitisfied perhaps because they were killing his friends. He dissolved Parliament.

The next problem took the form of the grand remonstrance in which parliament told charles off for various acts commited in his 13 year sole rule. Charles (sick of being yelled at) dissolved Parliament.

Charles then called parliament and again they yelled at him demanding more rights and more parliament sessions without Charles dismissing them, Charles responded by having a few of them removed. Parliament went in a up roar and Civil war broke out.

After the Civil war, Charles gained many supporters, however most of those were killed during the war. Charles himself was imprisoned and asked repeatedly to concede to Parliaments demands. Charles refused. Parliament found themselves in a undesirable situation regarding ruling without a King, while their current one was imprisoned. For me Charles refusal to concede was his worse action. It shows what a stubborn man he was, its this stubborn pride that I respect the most in his final days.

I think I will end the story.....

Parliament decided to put him on trial for treason, Charles saw the fundamental flaw in Parliaments reasoning and masterfully denounced Parliament and the Courts jurisdiction to try a King. In a stella preformance Parliament very embarrassed and extremely annoyed found him guilty of a charges for Treason to the state and Charles was the first monarch to be beheaded in a revolution creating a trend mastered by the French..... (England revolution ended on Oliver Cromwells death and the restoration of the monarch in Charles II).

For other interest Bonnie Prince Charlie as mentioned above fought for the Jacobites (Scottish rebels) much after Charles's death. Which reminds me of Prince Rupert who took his poodle into battle (he was a royalist on Charles's side).

Answer 5

uuuh firsyt of all i dont think you can really label one of the things he did worse than another and for that matter i guarantee you no one will write you twenty sentences, maybe if you hadnt put that in there may have been some nerd who who would write a friggin essay but not when you actually ask him to : )

Answer 6

Doesn't this form of cheating or plagiarism bother you, just a little bit at least?

Answer 7

he was trying to by-pass them was one bad thing.