Which historical event do you believe changed England the most? (The English civil war or the glorious revolution)
In this assignment, I will state which of the historical events I think changed England the most. I will write different reasons such as economic, religious or political for each event and then finally conclude on my decision. I will use evidence from different sources and carefully study the amount of impact the events had on England.
Many factors lead to the outbreak of the civil war in 1642; I think the two biggest reasons were taxation and religion. Charles asked for money but unsurprisingly parliament refused. A lot of this money was spent on for his own amusement such as paintings and garments. Charles had to ask a tax called ship money which people were forced to pay. The king didn’t need parliament’s agreement for this which would have made them very irritated. Charles believed in the divine right of kings. This meant that he thought god would decide on what would happen and he didn’t listen to any of parliament’s proposals or opinions which must have infuriated them. All of these reasons amongst others contributed to the dividing of Charles and parliament’s relationship even further. Charles did not want to listen to any of parliament’s suggestions which eventually lead to many battles being fought. The royalists fought against parliament, and it was parliament who came out triumphant.