Puritans demanded even more reform, Irish rioters set upon their “Protestant overlords, massacring an estimated 12,000 people”. Riots grew, reformers were still angry, and most of England’s population was not happy. This act was another trait of his absolute monarchy displayed to the public. Of course, Parliament wanted reform before enduring to the Kings wants, but Charles I did not like what he was told so he overthrew the ‘short Parliament’ and called another. All this protest caused Charles to desperately turn back to Parliaments help. He created England’s first yearly tax on income, he appointed William Laud to reform churches all around the country, causing riots emerging from Scottish Presbyterian Church leading to the Scots banding together and in 1638 signed a National Covenant, “swearing to defend the Presbyterian Church to the death”. His premature actions of absolute monarchism brought upon his attempt to reform the local government.
Once King Charles I issued the new taxes, the House of Commons had no choice but to create a petition against it, “insisting on its traditional privilege to approve taxes and objecting to Charles’s imposition of something akin to martial law.” Though, Charles did not agree to the petition, he accepted it then decided to drop Parliament and rule alone. …” The house of Commons and the people of England were wary about their new king. Therefore, as I find the fruits of them good or evil, they are to continue or not. “Remember that Parliaments are altogether in my power for their calling, sitting, and dissolution. This early in his reign, his pretentions to be an absolute monarch were visible.
He rose to the throne during a plague, and immediately jumped the country into war against Spain, which failed miserably. In 1625, Charles I’s first year as king was a bumpy year. King Charles I assumed he had unrestricted political power over the sovereign state and its people.
#Empire of sin execution trial#
No law could be found in England’s history that dealt with the trial of a monarch.
King Charles I was the first of monarchs to be put on trial for treason and it led to his execution. Back to the Source: The Trial of King Charles I, 1649
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