Why Did the English Civil War Start?
Why did English civil War start?
In this essay I am going to clarify why the civil war started. A civil war is a conflict fought between inhabitants of the same country. In this case the two sides that fought against each other in England were King Charles I’s side and Parliament’s side. The main reasons for going to war were parts of these three main topics: Money, Religion and Power. There were many reasons for the civil war, some of the proceedings of 1642 were the grand remonstrates made by parliaments for more power, I will further explicate this later in the essay. I am also going to explain the long - term causes and the short - term causes also known as the triggers.
There are many different reasons for the causes of the English civil war but first I will start with the religious disputes: Archbishops Laud's reformation of the church. Charles I is a protestant but he considered a change introduced by Laud making the protestant churches more decorated (similar to catholic churches), he married a French catholic princess in 1625, Henrietta, who was very unpopular in England because the official religion was Protestantism, this shows that many people in England thought that Charles preferred the Catholics too much due to these reforms. The Bishops' Wars were fought between the Scots and English forces led by Charles I. These conflicts paved the way to the uprising of the English civil wars. Charles I was endeavouring to reinforce the altered Anglican reforms into the Scottish churches, however the Scots were opposed to this, and possibly wanted to destroy the control that bishops had over the churches. Charles' reforms were rejected in 1638. Charles was furious that the Scots had rejected his proposals, and had formed an English force to march on Scotland in 1639. He did not have the funds for military equipment or money to pay his troops, so he was forced to leave Scotland without fighting a battle. The dispute carried on in Scotland but Charles
In this essay I am going to clarify why the civil war started. A civil war is a conflict fought between inhabitants of the same country. In this case the two sides that fought against each other in England were King Charles I’s side and Parliament’s side. The main reasons for going to war were parts of these three main topics: Money, Religion and Power. There were many reasons for the civil war, some of the proceedings of 1642 were the grand remonstrates made by parliaments for more power, I will further explicate this later in the essay. I am also going to explain the long - term causes and the short - term causes also known as the triggers.
There are many different reasons for the causes of the English civil war but first I will start with the religious disputes: Archbishops Laud's reformation of the church. Charles I is a protestant but he considered a change introduced by Laud making the protestant churches more decorated (similar to catholic churches), he married a French catholic princess in 1625, Henrietta, who was very unpopular in England because the official religion was Protestantism, this shows that many people in England thought that Charles preferred the Catholics too much due to these reforms. The Bishops' Wars were fought between the Scots and English forces led by Charles I. These conflicts paved the way to the uprising of the English civil wars. Charles I was endeavouring to reinforce the altered Anglican reforms into the Scottish churches, however the Scots were opposed to this, and possibly wanted to destroy the control that bishops had over the churches. Charles' reforms were rejected in 1638. Charles was furious that the Scots had rejected his proposals, and had formed an English force to march on Scotland in 1639. He did not have the funds for military equipment or money to pay his troops, so he was forced to leave Scotland without fighting a battle. The dispute carried on in Scotland but Charles