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what were the long term causes and immediate causes of the English Civil War?

2007-03-26 06:31:36 · 2 answers · asked by BOT22 1 in Arts & Humanities History

The FIRST one

2007-03-26 06:37:02 · update #1

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When King Henry VIII broke with Rome, because the Pope wouldn't grant him a divorce from his first wife, he became the head of the English or Anglican church. He still considered himself a Catholic. But as time went by many people resented the Catholic images and practices in the Anglican Church. They wanted to "purify the church". They became known as the "puritans". Eventually they came to control Parliament. By 1629 the English king, Charles I dismissed Parliament. He believed in the "divine right of kings" to rule. He felt he could rule without Parliament. He believed that kings got their power from God, not from the people. This was the divine right of kings. The struggle for power led to the Civil War in 1642 between
Parliament, that was controlled by the Puritans led by Oliver
Cromwell and Charles I and the "Royalists". The Puritans won at the Battle of in 1649. England became a republic, called the "Commonwealth of England", under Oliver Cromwell. He became the "Lord Protector" of England.

2007-03-28 07:59:41 · answer #1 · answered by harveymac1336 6 · 0 0

Which one are you referring to? There have been many so you must name the one you want.

2007-03-26 13:34:43 · answer #2 · answered by Ted 6 · 0 1

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