- 1626 after attempts to impeach the Duke of Buckingham over war against Spain and support of the French Huguenots
- 1629 for eleven years (beginning Charles' "Personal Rule")
- 1640 for three weeks, because Short Parliament refused to grant money to Charles until grievances were redressed.
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Charles closed Parliament because they refused to help him and give him the money he needed and they were gaining to much power. The parliament had a list of demands to get more power off the King. The kings anger at the Parliament was, one of the main triggers of the Civil War. Many major demands consisting of the King to not make any important decisions in the name of religion, country or money without the Parliament approval. This made the King furious thus closing the Parliament was his only choice.
Charles I did not want to work with a Parliament, because the Parliament has the final say with matters such as laws. Charles I could propose a new law, but the Parliament can either accept it, or reject it.Charles didn't want a Parliament because he pretty much wanted absolute power. He wanted to make decisions on his own.The English Civil War, which Charles I lost, was Charles vs Parliament (led by Oliver Cromwell). Charles tried raising extra taxes without discussing it with the Parliament. Also, he married a Catholic princess, who influenced his decisions. Many were afraid that Charles would make the Church of England more Catholic. (He's Protestant.)All these problems led to the war, and eventually Charles lost, went into trial, and got beheaded.
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Charles I and his Parliaments were in constant disagreement. Though Charles called many Parliaments they never got along and for a time (called the personal rule) Charles tried to rule without Parliaments. To do so he had to raise money by means other than standard taxation (as only Parliament could levy a tax) and so he tried many things, some of them of dubious legality, to keep the country from going bankrupt. Eventually though he was forced to call a Parliament because he could not raise enough money. Many of those elected were very unhappy with the way he was running the country and so, instead of giving him the money he needed to put down the Scottish rebels (the Bishops War) they tried and executed his advisers even though they were innocent of any crime. Eventually things got so bad that war broke out between King and Parliament (there is still disagreement about who actually started the war, though I think Parliament was most to blame). After the King's side was beaten by Cromwell's New Model Army and Charles was captured, he was brought to London and tried for waging war against his own country. Parliament by this time was only a rump of the elected body, many of those loyal to the king having left it over the years, and even many of those who supported the war against Charles did not believe he should be executed and were forceably excluded, not to mention that the House of Lords had no part in it. This Rump Parliament, under the control of the army, had Charles tried and executed, which was very unpopular and led to an invasion by the Scots - even though they were the ones who started the war in the beginning.
Actually, it was said that it was 11 years that Charles dismissed parliament.
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Charles closed Parliament because they refused to help him and give him the money he needed and they were gaining to much power. The parliament had a list of demands to get more power off the King. The kings anger at the Parliament was, one of the main triggers of the Civil War. Many major demands consisting of the King to not make any important decisions in the name of religion, country or money without the Parliament approval. This made the King furious thus closing the Parliament was his only choice.
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Charles I did not want to work with a Parliament, because the Parliament has the final say with matters such as laws. Charles I could propose a new law, but the Parliament can either accept it, or reject it.Charles didn't want a Parliament because he pretty much wanted absolute power. He wanted to make decisions on his own.The English Civil War, which Charles I lost, was Charles vs Parliament (led by Oliver Cromwell). Charles tried raising extra taxes without discussing it with the Parliament. Also, he married a Catholic princess, who influenced his decisions. Many were afraid that Charles would make the Church of England more Catholic. (He's Protestant.)All these problems led to the war, and eventually Charles lost, went into trial, and got beheaded.
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Charles Dickens lived in Italy briefly during 1844.