Zusammenfassung der Ressource
why did parliament win the first civil war?
- Economics
- Royalists
- poor scarcely populated areas led to reduced fiscal income
- relied upon donations
- had loyalty of 75% of English aristocracy
- Vast sums were given by - Earl of Newcastle £900000, Earl of Worcester £300,000
- Favoured a short term war to use their large, one time influx of wealth
- parliamentarians
- Relied heavily upon taxes
- Draw funds from excise duty and large easily taxed mercantile class
- 15-20% tax on the income of upper and middling classes
- Controlled all major ports and the hub of London from which the large majority of wealth could be taxed
- Took time to collect taxes
- Favoured a long term strategy, with time could capitalise
- Military
- Royalist
- Parliamentarian
- New model army
- Military revolution in Which parliament finally concentrated its considerable resources into a single mobile fighting force
- Regular pay of 8p per day
- Reduced amount of mutinees
- Exchange for ban on looting occupied towns and baggage trains
- Parliament maintained local support, causing neutralism favouring parliament
- Royalist's lost considerable support from lootiing
- Leaderships