What were the causes of the civil war?

prayer book on Scotland. Not only that he had fights with other people about how religious services should be conducted. Then the Irish had enough and they rebelled against Charles I in 1641. Charles I still hadn’t got the message and this time he went against both the people and the parliament, he went and raised taxes without the parliament’s permission. Parliament was not too happy about this. Charles I annoyed England even more by marrying a catholic. This made the parliament and the people of England worried that Charles was trying to make England a catholic country. Not only this but charles I only hired his closest friends to have the leading roles of England. So, this means that Charles I had favorites. Charles had certain beliefs which all of England were not too keen on. Charles believed in the divine rights of kings. This means that kings are appointed by god to have this role of king. Not all of England saw it this way though. Parliament was not exactly Charles best friends. They actually didn’t like each other very much. So to get his own back charles I ruled without parliament for 11 years. Short-term:   Short-term is when something happens quickly. The first thing that had happened which triggered a fight of a sort, was when Charles I tried to arrest 5 MP’s. Then parliament fought back and in 1642 with the nineteen propositions. This was when parliament brought a list of things which they thought Charles I did wrong.