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king only called parliament to raise taxes. james 1 was catholic leaning.
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following her death james stuarts takes the throne , having to share a kingdom between england and scotland . had many struggles due to money .
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in 1625 james I dies and his son charles takes the throne. he was constely asking parliament to refund him money for the wars between him , spain and france. parliament refused to keeping funding him and made him sign a document.
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charles agreed to four points
he would not imprison subjects without due cause.
he would not levy taxes without parliaments consent.
he would not house soldiers in private homes.
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the scots rebelled , assembled a huge a huge army , and threatened to invade england. charles needed money , money he could only get by calling parliament into session .
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those who remained loyal to charles were called cavaliers , the men who opposed him were called roundheads. they were called rounheads cause of there short hair.
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they bout him in for execution for the treason agaisnt parliament. he established the common wealth , a republican form of goverment.
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made laws that promoted puritan morality and abloished activities they found sinful, such as the theater , sporting events , and dancing.
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they had to put down a rebellion. the armys after being defeated were push out.
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sent home the the remainig members of parliament.
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his period of rule is called the restoration . the people were sick and tired of millitary rule.
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james was a catholic whitch him being that was breaking english law. seven members of parliament invited william and mary to overthrow james for the sake of protestantism. william marched his army into london and made james flee to france.
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a no blood shed war, ruler could not suspend parliaments laws , no levying of taxes without a specific grant from parliament.