WHO WAS TO BLAME FOR THE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR?

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WHO WAS TO BLAME FOR THE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR?

In 1642 a civil war broke out between the king and the parliament. The king was to blame. There were many reasons for why the king was to blame; one of the reasons for why the king was to blame was because of his money problems. Charles was not good with money and always had very little. He had closed down parliament and had to think of ways of getting money without asking the parliament's help, I to believe that Charles was not good with money as he kept on being short of money. He had used old laws like 'Ship Money', which was a special tax to help the navy; he used this idea to get money off the people of England. This made him very unpopular, alienating many who were the natural supporters of the King. Another reason for why the king was to blame was the way he had handled with religion. As he was the king, he had thought that he had the power to make the Scots use English prayer books. The Scots were so furious after hearing this they had decided they would