Charles I

Main Goals of Charles I

• His main goal was to move the church of England away from Calvinism in a more traditional and sacramental direction

Life of Charles I

• He was Roman Catholic

Goals

• To continue the belief in the Divine rights
• To call on parliament only when in need of funds

Accomplishments

• He patronized visual arts, by Van Dyck

Foreign policy

• Were the policies set in the context of the deterioration of Charles relationship with parliament

Brief History

• Charles's reign was rocky from the outset. his good friend George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, openly manipulated parliament, creating powerful enemies among the nobility. He was assassinated in 1628. Charles had to contend with a parliament that disagreed with his military spending. Religious tension also abounded. Charles, a High Anglican with a Catholic wife, aroused suspicion among his Protestant countrymen. As a result of these tensions, Charles dissolved parliament three times in the first four years of his rule. In 1629, he dismissed parliament altogether. ruling along meant raising funds by non-parliament means--- angering the general public. Meanwhile, religious oppression in the kingdom drove puritans and Catholics to the North American colonies.