Charles I and Scotland
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- You must use this new Catholic prayer book
- The Scottish People will not like this as we are Protestants
- We will no longer follow the King's rules about religion. We will not use the new prayer book.
- In 1637, Charles I decided that he wanted Scotland to use a new Catholic Prayer book. He also wanted them to follow Catholic traditions such as having stained glass windows, vestments and Latin services, Many people in Scotland were upset as they were Protestants.
- Sire, the treasury is empty. You will have to recall Parliament
- Send another army!
- When the new prayer book was read out loud, a fight broke out, which spread around Scotland. The Scottish Church signed a document called the National Covenant, which stated that they would not have to follow Charles's changes to religion.
- The King should not have raise ship tax without permission. We will not give him money to continue his war with Scotland
- Charles was furious that the Scottish had refused to follow his orders. He raised an army without Parliament's permission to attack Scotland and force them to use the new prayer book. However, many of the English did not want to fight the Scottish as they thought they were correct about the new book. Charles' army was defeated.
- You must pay us £850 a day not to attack you
- I will have to recall Parliament
- Charles was furious. He wanted to raise another army to send to fight Scotland but he had run out of money to pay the soldiers. He was forced to recall Parliament to ask them to give him more money.
- Charles expected to be given his money immediately but parliament had other ideas. Instead, an MP named John Pym gave a 2 hour speech criticising the King. Charles was furious and dissolved Parliament after just 3 weeks, earning it the nickname the short parliament.
- Without support from Parliament, Charles' adviser, the Earl of Strafford, was able to raise an army of 8,000 Irish Catholics to fight Scotland. However, Charles was once again defeated. The Scottish charged Charles £850 a day not to invade England, forcing him to once again recall Parliament to pay them. This time Parliament was called for 20 years and was known as the long parliament.
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