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Flashcards by Courtney Barton , updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Courtney Barton
over 8 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| James I parliament and favourites 1604 | Elizabethan parliaments in 1560's and 70's there were calls for reforms of the COE especially in house of commons |
| Parliament 1604 | commons drew up a series of Bills on religion which were sent to the house of lords |
| Parliament 1604 | Lords provide hostile; James furious at infringement on royal prerogative + parliament was prorogued and the bill lost |
| James' relationship with parliament | relationship between James + parliament grew increasingly bitter + that this set England on a 'High Road' to civil war which would break out in 1642 17 years after James' death. |
| Clashes with Parliament 1604 | MP's privileges dispute over election of MP for Buckinghamshire. John Fortesque defeated by Francis Goodwin election declared invalid Goodwin failed to pay debts. HOC claimed they were judges of dispute elections |
| 1604 MP's Privileges outcomes | Compromise was reached HOC agreed to a new election, King agreed that it was Parliament's privilege to judge election results |
| 1604 Union between England and Scotland | James pushed parliament to pass laws recognising a full union between England + Scotland |
| 1604 Union between England and Scotland Outcomes | Parliament blocked Union because the prejudice of English people was so great. End of 1604 Parliament session Commons produced 'the form of apology + satisfaction' showed its concerns that privileges were being threatened |
| 1606 Catholic threat outcomes | Harsher laws against Catholics were passed |
| 1606 Catholic threat | After gunpowder plot James + Parliament agreed harsher laws against Catholics were needed |
| 1606 Taxation | king asked parliament for subsidies parliament granted the king 3 subsidies |
| 1606 Impositions | Extra customs duties + collection of customs contributed to the King's revenue. Parliament objected impositions seeing it as a 'back-door' tax that they had no control over |
| 1606 Impositions outcomes | MPs wrote Apology of the HOC summing up what they saw as their rights, dating back hundreds of years |
| 1607 Union between England and Scotland | James again asked parliament to pass laws recognising full union between England + Scotland |
| 1607 Union between England and Scotland outcomes | Parliament again opposed union + refused to pass any laws on this issue |
| 1607 Purveyance | Right of King to buy goods for a discount price. seen as a very corrupt system, even though traditional privilege of the crown. HOL system should end + king should be granted £50,000 per year. HOC divided but thought too much. they suggested £20,000 |
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