Question

Which of the following choices was one of the lasting impacts of the English Civil War on British government?

Representative government would always remain.
The king would always be most powerful.
Kings would always be murdered if displaced.
All kings would be Puritan.

Answer 1

Charles I came to the throne in 1625 after the death of his father, James I. Like his father, he believed in the Divine Right of Kings. Although only parliament could pass laws and grant money for war, because they refused to do as he wished, Charles chose to rule without them.