A tax imposed on coastal towns to pay for their defence from naval attack. Charles I's decision to collect taxation this way was controversial because Parliament was supposed to approve new taxes, but he had found a loophole. In addition, this tax was supposed to be used to build the English navy at a time of danger, but Charles I spent the money on many other things, including personal luxuries.

King Charles I becomes King of England

The theory that a monarch is appointed by God and should have absolute power. It was a belief that because God was all-powerful, God must have appointed monarchs to rule their states. For this reason, to question a monarch was to question God. This belief was used to justify giving monarchs absolute rule

A collection of people representing all of England, who approve or refuse laws

Those who were loyal to Parliament, during the English Civil War dispute with the king

A group of radical Protestants who wore plain clothing and tried to live without sin

Those who were loyal to the King during the Civil War

A ruler who has absolute power over his or her people

The Divine Right

A country not ruled by a monarch

The reign of King Charles I

Charles I's wife Henrietta Maria was a

During the reign of Charles I his archbishop of Canterbury

Fighting between two groups within the same country