Timeline: The Stuarts and the Civil War - 1603AD to 1644AD

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    "Plagues, witch trials and fires are familiar aspects of Elizabethan and Stuart life but the greatest disruption was caused by the Civil War in the mid-1600s. In 1640, Charles I summoned Parliament to raise funds for a war against the Scots but Parliament , not called for 11 years, naturally refused. Charles was defeated by the Scots at Newburn on Tyneside in 1640 and the Scots seized the North-East. This increased the tension between King and Parliament which resulted in the English Civil War...."
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    Link: http://www.englandsnortheast.co.uk/CivilWar.html
    Resource type: Text/Website
    Added by: Peter Smith
    Last modified: 9 years, 1 month ago
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