The Collapse of the Personal Rule and the Approach of Civil War 1638-42

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  • Scottish general assembly abolished bishops

  • First Bishops War, ended by Treaty of Berwick

  • Return of Wentworth, who became the Earl of Strafford

  • The Short Parliament

  • New canons issued by convocation

  • Second Bishops War. Scots invaded Northumberland

  • Treaty of Ripon

  • The Long Parliament

  • The trial of Strafford began

  • Strafford was executed.

  • Act preventing the Long Parliament from being dissolved without its own consent

  • Ten propositions agreed by Parliament

  • News of Irish rebellion reached England

  • Failed attempt to arrest five MPs, Charles left London

  • Parliament agreed to Nineteen Propositions giving itself executive power

  • Events at Nottingham signalled the start of the Civil War