MFL on Charles

MFL on Charles

Parliament
1. Subsidies for 1625 Parliament (5 = £140,000, war)
2. Charles three parliaments (1625, 1626, 1628)
3. 5 Knights Case - Absolutist Monarch
4. Had to house troops, forced upon them
5. Three Resolutions; 1) Popery and Arminianism, Tonnage and Poundage, captial enemy
6. Made opposing MPs sheriffs so they couldn't be elected
7. T+P was collected without permission from Parliament
8. 1628 parliament subsidies (5=£280,000)
9. T+P main issue of 1625 parliament
10. Petition of Rights
  1. Forced to sign it
  2. Forced loans illegal
  3. No-one imprisoned without just cause
  4. Soldiers not billeted against will
  5. Martial Law illegal
11. 1626 Parliament dissolved due to Buckingham
12. Absolutist Tendencies
  1. Forced Loan
  2. 5 Knights Case
  3. FP against Spain
  4. Dissolution of Parliament
13. Buckingham's Assassination
  1. Henrietta Maria influence
  2. Fresh start with Charles
Religion
1. Sibthorpe (Armenian) defended forced loan, increased Charles' support for Armenianism
2. Laud appointed Bishop of London
3. Laud, was appointed Bishop of London
4. York House Conference
  1. Conference between Puritans and Armenians
  2. Buckingham and Charles' support for Armenianism
Economy
1. 1627 - Forced loan to get money from the people who would give subsidies without parliaments permission
2. Forced Loan undermined parliaments authority and showed that Charles had absolutist tendencies
Foreign Policy
1. Cadiz Expedition - 1625
  1. Huge failure and showed Kings lack of discipline
2. 1627 - Ile de re expedition
3. Break from France
  1. 1621
  2. Refused to give military aid to help Hugeunots
4. Aggressive policy against Spain
5. Wife - Henrietta Maria

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