The seesaw of power: Charles I and Parliament

For each of the following events, decide who ended up with the most power. Add the
event to the table under ‘Parliament had more power’ or ‘Charles had more power’.

This event showed This event showed

Parliament had more power Charles had more power

 Event 1: Charles’ marriage to  Event 8: handing Laud and

Henrietta Maria Strafford over to Parliament

 Event 2: Charles’ backing of  Event 9: the Grand Remonstrance

Buckingham, his loyal friend,
against Parliament  Event 10: entering Parliament to
arrest five MPs
 Event 3: the Petition of Rights
 Event 11: the Nineteen
 Event 4: the levying of ship money Propositions

 Event 5: supporting Archbishop  Event 12: declaring war on his own

Laud against people spreading country
rumours

 Event 6: the introduction of the

New Prayer Book

 Event 7: declaring war on Scotland

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