Charles I's Trial

During the trial, Charles continued to uphold the thought that he was of divine right and, therefore, the law. Even after he was read the opening statements, he responded that any who accused him of being a “Tyrant, traitor, and murderer, and a public and implacable Enemy of the Commonwealth of England” went against him and were under the judgement of God. The King also refused to plead. Nevertheless, the law stated that the prisoner be treated as though he had pleaded guilty in the case of high treason. On January 30, 1649, King Charles I was executed by beheading.
In and around the week of January 16, 1649, there were elements that moved King Charles I toward his eventual execution: mixed views of the radical Parliament, the New Model
They were expected to meet in order to make the best possible decisions for the country. Yet, there were moments when the members of Parliament were not on the side of the inhabitants of England, including when they created the warrant for people to quickly pay in order to keep soldiers form being quartered in their homes. Outside of England, the Scottish did not agree with the trial of their shared King and how the Covenant—which was supposed to fight for the word of God—was being enforced in England. Meanwhile, the military gained numerous reports of positive and negative views of their actions. The Generall Councel of the Army compelled those to move away from reliance on and giving power to the King by appealing to the people that lived in England. They listened to petitions of Jews that pushed for the banishment laws to be repealed and moving toward accepting other religions, besides the denomination of Catholicism. Moreover, the officials of the Generall Councel created peace agreements between themselves when the King was not complying with the wants and needs of the nation he was supposed to govern. In addition, when there were naysayers, such as the forty-seven ministers in London that chastised the King for allowing the Army to take power, the Generall Councel was ready to fight back. Through it was an arduous process that split the nation into many conflicting sectors, the Army and new Parliament received their wishes of taking power from the monarchy that they considered tyrannical, in hopes of moving toward the ideas of the people of