Why Did Parliament Cause The Civil War?

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The people of England had very little clue that a Civil War was upon the actions of the King and Parliament did not seem like all that big of a deal, until all the events were put together. From 1625 when Charles I inherited the crown to 1642 when the Civil War started , many different factors affected the growing tension in England. Parliament and the King has some opposing ideas and they did not want to set aside their differences and work together as normal. Both disobeyed many morals and laws which put the whole country on edge. Parliament pushed the limits on their power which caused the Civil War. Parliament did so because they were hungry for power, they debated between themselves and acted in corrupt ways. Parliament forced things …show more content…

One of the main reasons that caused Parliament to become divided was vote to pass the Grand Remonstrance. The Grand Remonstrance was another set of demands having to do with the bishops and ministers. The demands, “Narrowly passed by just 159 votes to 148”(Trigger 1). This is an extremely close vote that clearly shows that members Parliament had contradicting views. This would cause the people of Parliament to become more angry and therefore more irritable when it comes to other problems. Another topic that caused unease in Parliament was religion. Parliament consisted of lots of different people who, naturally, would have different religious opinions. There were lots of disagreement when it came to religion. One example is that “Some MP’s wanted to get rid of Archbishop Laud’s reforms. Others wanted to get rid of bishops. Others even wanted to abolish the church of England”(Trigger 4). These many options caused all the people in Parliament to be on edge, not wanting to be the one to cause a fight, but they still wanted to voice their opinions. Again, this caused Parliament to become very irritable, which would lead to later issues. As war became to get closer and closer, yet another issue arose that caused a disagreement in Parliament. Some of the members of Parliament began to focus on King. After the laws were passed by Long Parliament, “Some …show more content…

One way that Parliament acted in a corrupt way was that they refused to give Charles I the money in the first place. Normally, “Parliament voted to give the monarch the income from custom duties for life”(Stage 1). But in King Charles I’s case, he was only granted one year, which they thought would cause him to regularly call on parliament (Stage 1). This was a dishonest way for Parliament to act, because they forced him to something that other monarchs had never done before. This of course, would anger King Charles I. Another time that Parliament acted corruptly was when they passed a law, so that they could legally arrest two of Charles main advisors. This eventually lead to advisor the Earl of Strafford to, “Instead of being put on trial, a law was introduced which simply declared he was guilty of treason…[he] was then executed”(Source A??). Parliament just passed a law saying that they could execute Stafford. This is very unfair because usually the King and Parliament would have to work together to create laws, and Parliament just created a few that were completely against the King. This would anger the King greatly and cause more anger to be piled up, just waiting for the civil war to break out. Yet another time when Parliament acted corrupt is when they were called upon during the Short Parliament. During Short Parliament, members were asked to urgently

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