James 1

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  • James: context
  • What were the problems that James inherited?
  • country at war
  • religious tension
  • taxes were not in line with inflation
  • inherited chief minister: William Cecil
  • James is from Scotland
  • a few people wanted someone else on the throne
  • parliament wanted him to understand their privileges
  • What was William Cecil's personality?
  • competent
  • ruthless politician
  • cunning and clever
  • What was the religion of James' wife and mother and what religion did his kingdom have compared to his new one?
  • Presbyterian → Protestant
  • Catholic wife and mother
  • What war did James inherit?
  • the Spanish war
  • campaign against Catholic Spanish backed rebels was nearing an end
  • war was at a stalemate
  • What finances did James inherit?
  • £350 000 debts
  • Elizabeth
  • parliamentary subsidies: coming in to cover debts of the war, short term solution
  • James made his financial situation worse
  • subsidies: not increase with inflation nor did the rents from crown lands
  • Describe Elizabeth?
  • frugal: saved where she could and took where she could
  • debt from wars
  • Who's son was chief minister William Cecil and was he a good reformer?
  • son of a famous chief minister: Burghley
  • not a great reformer
  • 'what was James' personality like?:: pragmatic'
  • What did the different religious groups hope for when James became king?
  • Puritan: hoped for church reform as he was from a protestant country
  • Catholics: hoped he would relax penal laws allowing them to worship in private and not be forced to attend Anglican services
  • Why did the parliament want to clarify their privileges to the king?
  • he was from a country wherein the parliament had less power
  • motivation: fear of absolutism
  • 'what opposition did James have from court when he became king?:: remove him from the throne and replace him with his cousin Arabella Stuart, those noblemen were imprisoned including Sir Walter Raleigh'
  • Explain the divine right of kings during James' reign?
  • God's will
  • decisions of monarch not to be challenged
  • royal prerogative
  • James
  • Charles
  • Did James believe in divine right and explain why?
  • believed in it but remained within the law
  • could bring him conflict in the parliament
  • seemed close to absolutism sometimes
  • 'did Charles believe in Divine Right?:: believed in it but went to the extreme'
  • 'what is meant by the term 'live of his own?:: the monarch could not collect taxes in peacetime to support the royal household'
  • 'definition of subsidies?:: form of taxation, only parliament could vote subsidies in cases of emergency
  • 'when did James' son die and of what?:: 1612, died of Typhoid'
  • 'what were James' personal preferences?:: homosexual, had favourites, gave his favourites too much power for the Parliament's liking'
  • 'how were James' political skills?:: clever, divine right'
  • 'was James ahead of his time?:: no witches no smoking'
  • Claim to the English Throne
  • 'what was James' belief in Divine Right of Kings?:: God made him King of Scotland, God's will to make him King of England too'
  • 'what was James' claim to the English Throne?:: descendent of Henry VII - Arabella Stuart was his only rival: was locked up in…

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