nov 22, 1640 - The short parliament

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When Charles restore parliament in 1640 to try and fund money for his new bishop war he thought that parliament would learn there mistakes off upsetting the king equalling to a dissolved of parliament but the government knew that Charles would only restore parliament if he was desperate so they used this to there advantage thinking they had the power on Charles so when they were reformed back they created a list to say to Charles all the things that he had done wrong. And how he ruled his 11 year poorly without the government and that they wanted the power share to be a 50/50 split. And what Charles reaction was to this was a slight away dispatch of parliament that is why it is called the short parliament because it only lasted 3 weeks

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