Western Civilization II / Unit 2 WC2 0104 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Charles I: Forced Loans, the Petition of Right, Eleven Years Without Parliament
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The idea
Charles I, king from sixteen twenty-five, backed the high church, taxed without parliament and forced loans. Parliament answered with the Petition of Right in sixteen twenty-eight; Charles dismissed it in sixteen twenty-nine and ruled alone eleven years.
In practice
The Petition: no taxation without parliament, no arbitrary imprisonment.
Where people slip
The anchor ends the personal rule in sixteen thirty-six; the witness, sixteen forty.
Your place on the trail
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