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N i neteen Pr oposi t i on s, Char l es i gnor ed them . Al though ar guab l y these r ef orm s wer e r ather dem and i ng, they wer e essen t i al to en su r e the sm ooth r unn i ng of the coun t r y and al so to r educe the chaos. Yet the K i ng r ef used th i s r ef orm and u l t im atel y due to h i s i gnor an ce and due to h im decl i n i ng these r ef orm s, the Ci v i l War began I n con cl usi on , I bel i eve that the K i ng was r espon si b l e f or the Ci v i l War f or a f ew r eason s. T he f i r st r eason why he was r espon si b l e i s because he m ar r i ed a Fr en ch Catho l i c Wom en . T he second r eason why Char l es was to b l am e f or the Ci v i l War i s due to h i s deci si on to r u l e w i thou t Par l i am en t , and then to r ef orm the Sh i p Tax at a t im e wher e h i s econom i c and r el i gi ous po l i ci es wer e as deep l y unpopu l ar as they wer e. T he th i r d r eason why Char l es was to b l am e f or the Ci v i l war was that he deci ded to ?Catho l i ci se? the Chu r ch of Engl and , and l et h i s w i f e p r act i ce Catho l i ci sm i n p r i vate, both

deci si on s bei ng agai n st the w i l l of the peop l e and ther ef or e anger i ng the peop l e. T he f ou r th r eason why Char l es was r espon si b l e i s because he deci ded to i n t r oduce the m uch - d i sl i ked Engl i sh Book of Com m on Pr ayer i n Scot l and , wh i ch r esu l ted i n an ou t r age. Add i t i onal l y, tax i ng the peop l e of Engl and f or so l d i er un i f orm f und i ng, as wel l as i n con si sten t l y r eopen i ng and cl osi ng Par l i am en t to ask f or f und i ng, d i d not im p r ove the K i ng?s popu l ar i t y. T he f i nal r eason why Char l es was r espon si b l e f or the Ci v i l War i s that he i gnor an t l y r ef used the N i neteen Pr oposi t i on s, wh i ch wou l d have been essen t i al i n m ak i ng su r e that the coun t r y d i dn?t en ter i n to f u r ther tu rm o i l , and wh i ch wou l d al so have m ade su r e Par l i am en t that r em ai ned stab l e. T hat i s why I bel i eve that Char l es was r espon si b l e f or the Engl i sh Ci v i l War .

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