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James 1 implementing impositions
James I of England implemented impositions which were new custom duties. Parliament didn't like this becasue they viewed it as a threat to their power over the money of the monarchy. Here is where the monarchy and parliament began to argue over powers and rights. Monarchs abusing their powers was a major factor in contributing to limited monarchy.
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Charles I and Petition of Right
Charles I agreed to the Petition of Right passed by Parliament; however he didn't have any intention of keeping his word. This is evident due to his chief advisor Thomas Wentworth exploiting ways to increase revenue and using current taxes to cover areas not orignially intended. This is another abuse of royal power, except the second Stewart king is contributing to it now.
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English Civil War
Charles I began to create his own army because Parliament refused to raise money for one. This incident led to the English Civil War which is significant because it showed people that the king was power-hungry and would do whatever was necessary to get his own personal agenda accomplished.
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Oliver Cromwell's Tyranny
In response to Charles 1 creating his own army, Parliament created own of their own under Oliver Cromwell. Although they won the victory, Parliament began to regret their choice because under Cromwell things were bad. He was so tyrannical that he actually disbanded Parliament when the House of Commons wanted to disband his army. Popular opinion was against him as well because of the things he outlawed under his Puritan
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Declaration of Indulgence
Charles II passed a Declaration of Indulgence in 1672, which basically got rid of all the laws that had to do with Roman Catholics and non-Anglican Protestants. He did this because he wanted to prove that he was true to his word with Louis XIV. Charles II had more Catholic tendencies and was definitely leaning towards French tendencies. This movement towards France was something that had changed in the monarchy after the failure of
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Test Act
Since Parliament didn’t agree with Charles II Catholic and French tendencies. They passed the Test Act which made all civil and military officials of the crown swear an oath about something that practicing Roman Catholics couldn’t do. This move was directly made against the king and his political agenda. It simply shows another way that Parliament and the monarchy played their games of cat and mouse with each p
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Imprisonment of 7 Anglican Priests
James II was very forceful in his actions concerning religion and politics. He was a staunch Catholic and this is evident due to his extremist actions like imprisoning seven Anglican bishops because they had refused to publish that he had stopped the laws against Catholics. The people of England and Parliament were fed up with the monarchy being power-hungry and taking away rights to get their own agendas accomplished. The combinat
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