1. How did the Civil War End the Monarchy?

2. Civil War Begins
1642 Charles I went to the city of Nottingham to raise the flag and rally his followers
The Queen took the crown jewels to sell to raise money

3. Charles I Supporters Called Royalists or Cavaliers
Came from Nobel families
Used to fighting and riding
Provided foot soldiers and cavalry

4. Parliament Supporters
Troops were local militia
Farmers and townspeople with almost no military experience

5. Parliament Held An Advantage
Controlled the Navy
Parliament held the richest part of the country- the south including London
Parliament’s forces and money would outlast Charles I in a long war

6. Parliaments New Model Army
New soldiers called Roundheads
Hair cut short while Cavaliers had long curls
Highly disciplined
Usually very religious
Well equipped
Could be promoted based on ability rather than class and wealth
Led by Oliver Cromwell

7. End of the Civil War
Royalist defeated at the Battle of Naseby June
Charles was forced to flee to Scotland where he was made prisoner and handed over to parliament

8. Women in the War
stayed home to manage the estate while husbands went off to fight
attempted to support their families while homes ravaged by war
traveled with armies to support their husbands and the cause
Over 100 killed by the New Model Army at the Battle of Naseby

9. The Rump Parliament Parliament was divided on what to do with Charles
1648 Puritans drove Charles I sympathizers out of parliament
The new Rump Parliament charged the King with Treason

10. The Charge of Treason
Charles I betrayed the national religion and allied with a foreign nation against his own people
signed an agreement with the Scots that he would support Presbyterianism in England in exchange for military aid against parliament

11. January 1649 he was led to the scaffold and beheaded
Charles I’s Execution
January he was led to the scaffold and beheaded