Why did Charles fall out with Parliament?

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Why did Charles fall out with Parliament?

        There are a number of reasons why Charles fell out with Parliament. Some reasons are long term and were at the start of his reign. Some are medium term and developed during the “11 years tyranny”. Finally there are the short-term events of the Long Parliament, which directly led to the outbreak of the war.

        

From the star of his reign Charles had disagreed with Parliament in much the same way as his father had done. He disagreed with Parliament because he thought they were getting to powerful. He did not like the fact that they could decide how much money they gave him or how much he could tax people.

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From 1629 to 1940 Charles was so annoyed with Parliament that he tried to rule without having to call them. But Charles needed money urgently so he decided to tax people in every possible way he could think of. He interfered with trades by starting new companies, forcing the other ones to close down, merchants hated this. He forced people to loan him money, he planned never to pay it back. He sold titles, like his father had done, so a normal person could become a baronet for 1000. The nobles didn’t like this. He charged ship money, this ...

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