King Charles I ruled in England for eleven years without ever calling upon Parliament, the representative body of England. Instead, he modified tax laws and took loans from wealthy citizens as a means to raise money.
In 1640 a rebellion in Scotland broke out that forced him to seek Parliament’s help to find new ways of taxation to pay for an army. Parliament asked the king to ensure he would not ignore them again. King Charles refused and ordered these representatives arrested. This act of betrayal by the king brought the kingdom into a civil war. Rich commoners and religious Puritans pursued their goals of eliminating all Catholic traits in the English Church. King Charles effusing to compromise with Parliament, even after being
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