Death of King Charles

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1st February 1649

KING CHARLES EXECUTED

Last night, which was the 30th of January 1649 at roughly 2pm, was the execution of King Charles I. It was a terrible murder but it had to be done. Now England is happier than ever.

Why the king was executed

The king was executed because of the things he had done and how many people’s life he had put in to misery. Firstly he tried to make the Scottish, in 1637, use the English prayer book. He wasn’t bothered what they thought because he just did what he wanted. Also he asked for extra taxes because he needed money but they refused so Charles decided to arrest the 5 MP’s including. Furthermore he ignored the demand list he was given for exchange for money. He ignored the demand list he was given but he just took the money as he was greedy. Furthermore all the citizens hated the king for having favourites he only relied on.

He only told them to do important things he needed and didn’t tell anyone else to do them. The king did many wrong things and for this he needed to be punished.

Info on the civil war

The civil war lasted for 7 years between 1642 and 1649The first war of the civil war was at edge hill in 1642.The king thought He had won the war but he hadn’t because Oliver and his crew ran away. Oliver thought that his army wasn’t good enough so he went back to Cambridge so he could find a new and stronger army to fight the king. But the king thought he had won and he didn’t even make them surrender which would make the war fully over but he just thought he had all the glory of winning and didn’t think about anything else. After this there were 2 more civil wars. The king did not know this was coming because he thought that he had won the war already but he hadn’t. At the end the parliament won and made the king surrender.

The execution was on  30th of January 1649.It was a cold day in Winter. The king had many layers on to keep himself warm so the people wouldn’t think he was shivering with fear. The king firstly said goodbye to his children and wife.2 of his children were there but the other 2 were not because they were at France. He then went in to the place he was going to be executed. He saw the piece of wood he was going to have to lie on. Also there were 4 pegs driven into the wood to fasten the king. The executioner and his assistants had masks

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had masks on and were heavily disguised so god wouldn’t see them and take them to hell when they die and also so the people who were against the execution of the king would not be able to recognise them and go after them. Then the king took of his jewels and handed them to the bishop. Then this was his last speech “the entire world knows that i never did begin a war with parliament...I believe it is the evil men who have been the cause of all this blood shell...I die a Christian of the Church of England...I ...

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