CAUSES OF CIVIL WAR

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What caused Civil War?
- LONG TERM CAUSES
  - Royal prerogative VS Parliamentary Privilege
    - 1610 rejected Great Contract
    - 1624 Parliament control foreign policy
    - 1625 only grant tonnage and poundage for 1 year
    - 1604 Apology of the House of Commons
  - Social Problems
    - Wheat prices rose 6x
    - Sudden rise of Gentry (Pym, Cromwell, Holles)
    - Marxist view
- MEDIUM TERM CAUSES
  - 1st/2nd Bishop's War
    - Forces Charles to call the Long Parliament
  - 1629-1640 Personal Rule
    - Parliament realise King will rule without them.
  - New Prayer Book 1637
    - 1st/2nd Bishop's War
      - Forces Charles to call the Long Parliament
    - People beginning to rebel against the King
  - Hampden case 1637
    - People beginning to rebel against the King
- SHORT TERM CAUSES
  - Events of the Long Parliament
    - 19 Propositions June 1642
    - Strafford's execution May 1641
    - Milita Ordinance 1642
    - Attempt on the 5 members
  - Irish Rebellion 1641
    - Proof of Popish Plot
    - Parliament wouldn't supply King with army
  - Root and Branch Petition
MEDIUM TERM CAUSES
- 1629-1640 Personal Rule
  - Parliament realise King will rule without them.
- New Prayer Book 1637
- Hampden case 1637

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