does anyone know the political causes for the english civil war??

Question

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Answer 1

Try these links:

http://www.open2.net/civilwar
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Civil_War
http://www.theteacher99.btinternet.co.uk/ecivil/index.htm

Answer 2

The status of the monarchy had started to decline under the reign of James I. He was known as the "wisest fool in Christendom". James was a firm believer in the "divine right of kings". This was a belief that God had made someone a king and as God could not be wrong, neither could anyone appointed by him to rule a nation. James expected Parliament to do as he wanted; he did not expect it to argue with any of his decisions.

However, Parliament had one major advantage over James - they had money and he was continually short of it. Parliament and James clashed over custom duties. This was one source of James income but Parliament told him that he could not collect it without their permission. In 1611, James suspended Parliament and it did not meet for another 10 years. James used his friends to run the country and they were rewarded with titles. This caused great offence to those Members of Parliament who believed that they had the right to run the country. In 1621, James re-called Parliament to discuss the future marriage of his son, Charles, to a Spanish princess. Parliament was outraged. If such a marriage occurred, would the children from it be brought up as Catholics? Spain was still not considered a friendly nation to England and many still remembered 1588 and the Spanish Armada. The marriage never took place but the damaged relationship between king and Parliament was never mended by the time James died in 1625.

Answer 3

Kings power vs power of others = short answer

Long answer

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_civil_war

Answer 4

Try this link

Answer 5

Have a look at http://www.open2.net/civilwar/

Answer 6

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Answer 7

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