Throughout the 1640s, war between king and Parliament ravaged England, but it also struck all of the kingdoms held by the house of Stuart—and, in addition to war between the various British and Irish dominions, there was civil war within each of the Stuart states. For this reason the ...
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.D.ThefundamentalreasonwastheconflictbetweentheeconomicinterestsoftheurbanmiddleclassesrepresentedbytheParliamentandthefeudallandownersrepresentedbytheCrown.E.Butitwasn’tjustawaroverpolitics:itwasawarbetweentwosystemsofsocial(TraditionalsystemandNewsystem)andeconomicdevelopment.Consequences:A.TheEnglishCivilWarnot...
The cannons used in the Civil War were very heavy and difficult to move. The largest needed a team of 16 horses to move them. More commonly, smaller cannon were used but even these required at least 4 men to move them. For this reason they had to be put into position before a ...
A.TheEnglishCivilWarisalsocalledPuritanRevolution.B.ItwasdirectlycausedbytheconflictbetweenParliamentandtheKingovertheproblemofsupremacy.TheCivilWarsC.Thereweretwosidestotheargument:peoplewhosupportedtheking(royalists)andpeoplewhosupportedtheParliament’spower(parliamentarians).D.Thefundamentalreasonwastheconflict...
Prince Rupert was the most talented Royalist commander of the English Civil War (1642–51). His tactical genius and daring as a cavalry officer brought him many victories early in the war, but his forces eventually were overcome by the more highly discip
Why did the South lose the Civil War? Why did Oliver Cromwell dissolve Parliament? What was the main reason for the English Civil War of 1642? Why does England have a monarchy? Why did Britain win the French and Indian War? Why did the English peasants fight the English Peasants' War?
The reason for this is that this ability, in nature, is very similar to a game of conquest. It is all about snowballing: once you are able to conquer one neighbor city, it will trigger a domino effect to every nearby one. The main difference between Court of Love and a traditional ...
In the 1600s, Oliver Cromwell was a prominent figure in England's Civil War and in the theocracy established after the war ended. Learn about the English Civil War and the rise of Cromwell's theocracy, review an introduction to Cromwell, his role as Lord Protector, and some of the laws ...
English Civil War Battles: Adwalton Moor 30th June 1643 The Royalists were well supported in the North of England. Knowing that he had a lot of support the Royalist commander, William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle, decided to try and enclose the Parliamentarian army in Bradford. However, Fair...