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James I's Secondary Income
When James I entered the monarchy, he wanted to call the parliament together as little as possible, so they wouldn't have an impact on his choices. He used secondary incomes sources instead of parliament approved budgets. This was seen by members of parliament as a challenge over their authority over the royal purse, but no one confronted James I. This event is the start of absolutism monarchy attempting to take over the British thrown. -
Charles I's War with Spain
The Parliament didn't want to finance a war with Spain. Charles I wanted to start a war, so he used secondary income. This include taxes and tariffs, and when people refused to pay, they were imprisoned. Parliament then met, and agreed to fund the war if Charles can't force taxes or loans without parliament consent, imprison people without due cause, or put soldiers in one's house and home. This event meant that the parliament had to start enforcing its power onto the monarchy, a turning point. -
Dissolving Parliment
After the meeting about the Anglo-Spanish War, Charles I dissolved parliament for fifteen years. This ended up leading to a religious battle against Scotland. Charles was forced to call parliament in 1940, but the parliament forced a long list of grievances on the king before parliament agreed to fun the war. After a loss, parliament was again dissolved, before Charles realized it was needed again. This meant that parliament had taken control over the monarchy choices when it came to war. -
Parliament Changes
After being resolved in 1640, it made sweeping changes to the government. Parliament abolished that had enforced royal policy, and ended up stopping the taxes that were put in place without their consent. To stop the dissolving of the parliament that happened during the Charles I's reign they mad it necessary to have parliament called at least once every three years and that parliament must give its consent to dissolve. This event shows parliament starting to take control over the monarchy. -
Parliament's Victory
Parliament ended up winning the Civil War due to two factors, a Scottish alliance, and Oliver Cromwell reorganizing a parliament army. By June of 1645, Charles I was defeated militarily, and his attempts to gain trust from the inside failed. Charles I was later publicly executed, and the monarchy was dissolved. Karma is a bitch, isn't it? This power trip by the parliament shows the true extent of its power, something the monarchy with never completely stop again. -
Charles II and the Rise of Monarchy
Charles II returned to Britain to joy and appraise by the public. England returned to the status quo in 1642, with a hereditary monarchy. He ended up writing and enforcing the "Declaration of Indulgence", which suspended all laws against Roman Catholics and non-Anglian Protestant. In response, the Parliament brought in the Test Act, which forced military member to sign an oath against the doctrine of transubstantiation, which a Roman Catholic couldn't do. This was bad for the monarchy. -
Glorious Revolution
After the Test Act was removed by James II, the Glorious revolution was to take place to kick off constitutional monarchy. The Glorious Revolution was the largely peaceful exchange of power from James II to William and Mary. This trade of power between English Monarchy is marked as the start of Constitutional Monarchy in Britain.
