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The
Stuarts
The
English Civil War
The
following time line was researched and drawn up by children in Class
5.
| 1625 King James I died |
Charles and parliament argue about
the money being spent on a war with Spain. |
1629 Charles closes Parliament |
Charles taxes rich people and puts his enemies in prison. |
1637 Charles tried to make the Scots worship like the English. |
The Scots sent an army into England |
1640 Charles brought parliament back so they could raise money to fight the Scots. |
Charles sent soldiers to arrest 5 MPs who
would not help him. |
Parliament decided to fight the king and both
sides started to build armies. |
1642 The Battle of Edgehill was won by the king’s army. |
Cromwell began to train a New Model Army for
parliament. |
1644 The Scots joined parliament. |
The king’s army was defeated at the
battle of Marston Moor. |
The king’s army was defeated at the
battle of Naseby. |
Charles ran away to Scotland. |
The Scots sold Charles to parliament. |
Charles escapes and ran away to the Isle of
Wight.. |
Charles planned to get the Scots to help him
but he was handed back to parliament. |
The Scots sent an army to help Charles. |
The Scots and what was left of the king’s
army were beaten at the battle of Preston Gate. |
| 1649 Charles is tried for treason and executed in London. |
The Irish and Scottish said that Charles'
son Charles II should be king. |
Parliament’s army defeated the Irish. |
1651 Parliament’s army defeats the Scottish at Dunbar and Worcester. |
Charles II ran away to France and England
became a Commonwealth led by Oliver Cromwell who was called Lord
Protector |
BIOGRAPHIES
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Charles I |
Oliver Cromwell |
Thomas Fairfax |
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Ralph Hopton |
Prince Rupert |
 James I |
The
Battle of Torrington 1646 |
Social
History ( Don't forget that all of these pages were researched and presented by our children ) |
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| ENGLISH CIVIL
WAR WEB SITES An excellent "Time Traveller's Guide" to Stuart Britain
(including the Civil War) Find out about the battle of Torrington in 1646 |