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55 Cards in this Set
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When was Charles I king? |
1625-49 |
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What was the name of Charles I wife? |
Henrietta-Maria |
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What was Henrietta-maria's religion? |
Catholocism |
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Where was Henrietta-Maria from? |
France |
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Where was Britain at war with im 1625? |
Spain |
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What religion was Spain? |
Catholic |
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What religion was Britain? |
Protestant |
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What religion was Charles I? |
Arminian |
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Why did people not like Arminianism? |
It was seen as crypto-catholic |
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When did Charles I succeed the throne? |
March 1625 |
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What was Charles I first problem as king? |
The treasury was empty |
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How did Charles I attempt to solve the empty treasury amd why did this plan fail? |
Got a loan of £60,000 from the City of London merchants Wasn't enough money |
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When did Charles I first parliament meet? |
June 1625 |
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What did Charles I first parliament refuse to do, why and what did they do instead? |
Refused to grant Charles tonnage amd poundage for life Disastrous Mansfield campaign under James Granted it for a year Forces him to call parliament regularly |
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How did Charles I show his religous sympathies? |
Promoted Arminian clergy and gave Arminians positions at court |
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Why did Henrietta-Marias court and advisors cause controversy? |
They were Catholic |
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Why were people unhappy with the 1620s war with Spain? |
Conscription Forced billeting of troops to peoples houses |
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What disease was there an outbreak of in 1625? |
Plague |
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Where was the 1625 failed naval expedition to? |
Port of Cadiz |
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Who led the failed attack on Cadiz and who nominated him? |
Viscount Wimbledon Nominated by Buckingham |
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Why did Charles I dissolve the 1625 parliament? |
Commons started discussing impeaching Buckingham |
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When did Charles I call his second parliament? |
Early 1626 |
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Why did Charles I dismiss the 1626 parliament? |
They tried to impeach Buckingham |
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Why was Charles I dismissal of the 1626 parliament a problem? |
He hadn't received a grant of taxation |
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How did Charles I attempt to raise funds in 1626? |
Issued a forced loan to all taxpayers |
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What was the punishment for refusing to pay the 1626 forced loan? |
Imprisonment or conscription |
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How was the 1626 forced loan seen by many? |
A direct challenge to the law and existence of parliament |
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Who refused to endorse the legality of the 1626 forced loan and what happened to him? |
Lord Chief Justice Carew Was dismissed |
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When was the Five Knights case? |
1627 |
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What was the 1627 Five Knights case? |
Five knights refused to pay the forced loan and were imprisoned Sued for release under habeas corpus Refused the right to go to court because Charles claimed emergency powers of arrest |
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What is habeas corpus? |
Demand made by prisoner to his custodian Gives the prisoner the right to go before a court and demand to know the reason for their detention |
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When did Charles I call his third parliament? |
1628 |
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Why did Charles I call a third parliament in 1628? |
Needed funds for national defence |
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What country other than Spain was Britain at war with in 1628? |
France |
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Why did Britian go to war with France in 1628? |
1625- attack on Cadiz - deteriotes relations as France is also Catholic Buckinghams inept diplomacy 1627 - failed attempt to support Protestant Hugenot rebellion at La Rochelle |
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How many subsidies in taxation did the 1628 parliament grant Charles? |
Five |
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What was the name of the document that parliament gave to Charles in 1628? |
Petition of Right |
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What did the 1628 Petition of Right ask for? |
Reverse the decision made in the Five Knights case No more forced loans No imprisonment without trial No subjection to martial law Citizens not to be asked to provide lodgings for soldiers |
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Why did Charles I dismiss the 1628 parliament? |
Complaints about Buckingham and the promotion of Arminians in the clergy |
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What did Charles I do with the 1628 Petition of Right? |
Published a revised version asserting his right to collect Tonnage and Poundage without a parliamentary grant and imprisoned any merchants eho refused under the justification of emergency powers in the national interest |
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Who was Richard Chambers? |
A merchant who refused to pay Tonnage and Poundage (without a parliamentary grant) |
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What happened to Richard Chambers? |
Granted bail by common law courts Imprisoned by Prerogative Court of the Star Chamber on direct royal authority |
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What is a Prerogative Court? |
A court where the powers of the sovereign are excercised, often by judges nominated by the king or queen |
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What religion was William Laud? |
Arminian |
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What position was William Laud given in 1628? |
Bishop of London |
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When and where was Buckingham assasinated? |
1628 at Portsmouth |
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Who assasinated Buckingham? |
Army officer John Felton |
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What was the public reaction to Buckinghams assasination? |
Celebrated by lighting bonfires |
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When did Charles I call his first parliament? |
January 1629 |
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How did the 1629 upset Charles? |
They were celebrating Buckinghams death |
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Why did Charles I dismiss the 1629 parliament? |
They looked into breaches of the Petition of Right and the treatment of merchants who refused to pay Tonnage and Poundage |
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What was passed on the day of adjournment of the 1629 parliament? |
The Three Resolutions |
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Who led the group of MPs who passed the 1629 Three Resolutions |
Denzil Holles and Sir John Elliot |
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What were the 1629 Three Resolutions? |
Against the growth of Arminianism, the levying of Tonnage and Poundage and the actions of those who paid it |
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How were the 1629 Three Resolutions passed? |
Speaker refused to delay the adjournement so they held him in the chair until the Resolutions passed |