Question

What was the main reason for the English civil war of 1642

Answer 1

Discontent with the rule of King Charles, the belief that the poverty much of England endured was due to mismanagement by King Charles, King Charles married a Catholic which angered ever increasingly Puritan sentiment, King Charles refusal to meet with Parliament, attempts to suppress Parliament and King Charles mishandling of the Scottish revolt.

Answer 2

Religion was a major cause of the English Civil War. It was part of a Europe wide conflict between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism. At the start of his reign (1625) King Charles I had married the Roman Catholic Henrietta Maria of France.