Candidate number: 201
Student number: 74920
Semester/Academic year: 2014
Study program: ERASMUS
Subject code: ENG 144
Number of pages: 7
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Culture exam
A. Discuss reasons for and the consequences of the Civil War in England.
The English Civil War was between 1642 and 1651 and it happened in three rounds: The First (1642-1646), The Second (1648-1649) and The Third English Civil War (1649-1651).
The Civil War begun with political struggle between the supporters of the King (“Cavaliers”) and those of Parliament (“Roundheads”). The first two wars was happened between supporters of King Charles I and those of the Long Parliament. The third war pitted the supporters of King Charles II and the supporters of the Rump Parliament.
After the death of Queen Elizabeth I in 1603 and before the “Great Rebellion”1 (i.e. the English Civil War), the Parliament had limited role in the English system of government, that is why it functioned as a temporary advisor committee. The Parliament decided if only the Monarch was agreed.
Charles I was the King of England. But, between 1625 and 1629, the most common issues between Charles and the Parliament were money and religion.
In 1629, he decided to follow his father, James I, and banned the meetings between members of Parliament for eleven years (a period called the Eleven Years Tyranny). The first battle was at Edgehill on 23 October 1642, where both parts of the battle were victorious. Turnham Green was the second field of battle and this city remain as a remainder of the war. In 1963 at Adwalton Moor, the King gained control of Yorkshire after the winning. At Marstonmn Moor, the Parliament with Oliver Cromwell won the north of England and York , with the help from the