HIST 1003 Chapter : History
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Charles i: immediately gets england involved in the 30 years war, declares he"s the happiest king in christendom. National covenant was so serious, it was written and signed in blood. Charles tries to raise an english army to fight the scots, and they told him no. Charles has to call parliament for the first time in 11 years; called short parliament cause they met for the first time in 2 weeks. Right after short parliament, the scots invade england. Scotland: shared a king with england, great britain did not yet exist as a political entity, scotland"s religious identity was shaped by presbyterianism, Charles wanted the church of scotland to be similar to the church of england (this built off an idea of james ! Oliver cromwell: parliamentarians side, military commander, learned to win an army needs discipline, new model army, allowed baptists quakers unaffiliates and several to serve in the new model army.
