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Currently Playing: Why did England restore its Monarchy after its Civil War? (Short Animated Documentary)

A lot of people in England (as well as Scotland and Ireland) went to a lot of trouble to remove King Charles I and turn the country into a republic. But a mere eleven years after Charles' appointment with a headsmen and military rule, Charles' son was back and on the throne. So why did they bring them back and unlike the Netherlands just continue without a monarchy? To find out watch this short and simple animated history documentary. A special thanks to my patrons below: Lukáš Houdek thypthon Jens Koch-Nommensen Øystein Alsaker Sergio M. Vela Emil Świderek Eclipse Armaan Bath Gin Aldeguer Dennis Vandeban robert lalonde Brendan W Mathias.C Michael Kram Hasmuffin CharÉTS Franco La Bruna Don Bonnigan Southside Mitch Justin Kubusch Adam Barrett John Bradley chaulk JakeBak0905 Heath Robertson Ethan Person Leonard Frank His Empyreal Illuminance The Supreme High Priest Kalynx DVoid sharpie660 Paul Munro Martha Grondin Sean D. Nuukov Nathan Mendelsohn Emperor Kane Mario Peshev Brooks Woolson Harley Raptopoulos Jane Sumpter Piotr Wojnowski Christopher Godfrey Aaron Conaway Shauna K Korix Riylo Philip Yip Mario Mejia Andreas Mosand Alex Teplyakov Steven Gibson Roman Kynčl Manny F Nolan Peale Phillip Gathright Erik Hare Tony Belmonte Jack Nelson Joshua Schneider Sean Uzar Phoenix Fats Andrew F John Orr Vance Christiaanse Evan Ellingson Jamie van Brewen D. Mahlik Travis Mount tegsirat Contdoko12 Nicholas Menghini Katie Flinn Ron Johnson Jacob Zachs Dr. Schtnizel zockotron Michael Galloway Nick Macarius GrokThis Jose Recinto Bernardo Cavalcanti Arthur Hosey Jr. Angel Aguiñaga Tactical_Jackal Duke Thomas McGraw Sahni Peter Marino ein-veh Matthew Toles Konstantin Bredyuk Serius_Loyola Allen Rines mgnesium.poetry John Garcia MGS2600 Alan Romero khaki enthusiast Sebastian Mayor Leena Al-Souki HelloAgain Dullis Chase Labiste Zachary Pascalar Joe DeVito Ciege Engine Andrew Patane blaZzinG_FurY Bradley Backoff Vilena5 Justin Short Tim Stone Tino Jason Vandeventer Florian Mäder george tyler Joseph Hutchins Duane Bridges Aaron Larrow Anthony McCann Liquid Chief Chris Weisel William Adderholdt Ben Drums 24 Spencer DeRosier Clayton Schuman KNSTRKTVST Patrick Crowne ThePalestRose Windischgraetz No way Patty Culp Nathan Ngumi Curt Helmerich C. C. C. Joel Wasserman ZCoupon bas mensink SketerK Tim Sweeney Andrew Niedbala Tim Stumbaugh Logical Insanity Hexapuma Tyler Jenkins Warren Rudkin ARandomPaperClip Burt Clothier James Andrei Listochkin Bren Ehnebuske Jeff Sharon Oliver Jenner alexccg Perry Gagne Vegard Tønnessen Ethan Harlow Joseph Reinsch Matt Reed Bodo Nuber Chach Jason Gould Bartosz Zasada Matt Busch Matthew Ward Ahmed Roshdi Ned Burke Tall Jeff Yared Cristiano Colm Byrne Cade Summers Romney Manassa Juan Castillo Valentyn kevinh Alen Magdalena Reinberg-Leibel Mars Project BattleGoat Studios Geoffrey Sparrow Stefan Møller SirAlpaka Emily Glover-Wilson Clay Carroll Franklin Azul Bravestrong Rob Rollins Steve Bonds Robin! Melissa Prober Mark Littlehale nullptr Richard Wolfe Harrison Wiener Anthony Uk Brian Giordano Jonny Minogue Jeffrey Schneider Carl Blanton William Clark Moraxian Mik Scheper Juan Benet Colonel Oneill Hiro P David Spellmeyer Yuichiro Kakutani JT96 YugiJitsu Games pdswanfleet Sethars Igor Stavchanskiy Joseph Kerckhoff I'm Not In The Description Alex G. George Buce Donald Weaver Ryan Haber Mark Ploegstra Charles Doolittle Hunter Bayliss Tristan Kreller Aeryn and Lisa Toland T. c. north Dr. Howard Dr. Fine Dr. Howard Wolf James R DeVries Isabel Harrison Dustin Koellhoffer Oriki Heytun Thomas Wang Tom Ebert Roko Lisica Eric Askins LambOfLeg Kishan Nair Doug MacLean Sean Long John Gross-Whitaker Zachary Oertel Kevin Phoenix Sara Birnbaum Dan W Dutchball Animations Kirk Hoffman Tranier Bocaj Robert Brockway Shakira Graham Lech Duraj Seth Reeves Peter Konieczny Colm Boyle 0_DannyBoy George Caponera biohazardgamer Nathan Snyder Will Sullivan AltHistoryConjectures Dan Reiher Ian M Dr. Sarno Kinfe85 Miky Hidalgo Morriss Ali Sadighian Matthew O'Connor Dexter_McAaron Andrew Sever Adrian Marine Christopher S Nelson Jonah Baloney Lindorien Paul McGee João Santos Abdallah Al-Ammari Daniel O'Reilly Typhoon2401 blei95 Markus Lindström M Scho Jan Bart Verbist Ploshtinska polyudnica Robin_Col Kasi Schwarzer Hai Tarsirrus Rhys Little James Ben L Ash Elford Jackarice26 Gina Service Twinny Hill zemnmez Phil Johnston Roberticus1992 KingKyumber Rhys Jackson

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in the mid 17th century England experimented with republicanism this experiment was the outcome of a clash of ideas over the divine right of kings the authority to tax and the separation of powers and soon the separation of King Charles's head from his body and after this England spent over a decade without a monarchy before restoring Charles's son as King Charles II but given that the country had been run without a king for all of this time why did parliament and the people feel the need to restore the monarchy so throughout Charles the First's Reign he and Parliament had a difficult relationship Charles believed that as God's chosen ruler of these lands everyone who lived there had a duty to shut up and do exactly as he said all of the time many of those in Parliament felt differently most of the arguments that Charles had with Parliament throughout his Reign were over taxation specifically whether or not the king had the authority to Levy taxes alone but there were also arguments over matters of religion particularly over tolerance of Catholics and how to approach the governance of Ireland the king dismissed Parliament several times over the course of his Reign when he didn't get his way and after Ireland rebelled some in Parliament believed that Charles was working with the Catholic Rebels there to destroy Parliament and thus make himself an absolute monarch in the same way as Louis XII for 14 for France were the king worried that his opponents were plotting to oust him and so tried to have them arrested he failed and so he bravely fled London as a result Parliament demanded limits on his power he shockingly said no and so it was time for war long story short Parliament 1 Charles was captured he incited rebellion and was tried for treason the King was found guilty and in 1649 he was beheaded there was another War Parliament won again and by 1653 England was run by a lord protector Oliver Cromwell at the head of a military dictatorship but a mere seven years later in spite of how much was done to remove the monarchy it was back so why well there were many reasons the first was that Cromwell was the person who kept it all together and after his death his son became Lord protector and Richard Cromwell unlike his father was not well respected and many felt that his weekend would lead to another civil war which everybody wanted to avoid furthermore the English Parliament was fractured and so no business was getting done and many just wanted to return to stability the second reason was that many of those in charge were Puritans and they had a very strong sense of moral righteousness and Crackdown on activities they felt were immoral such as drunkenness or most notably the celebration of Christmas this wasn't much fun for those who had to live under the rules but may have disagreed with them and so for those the restoration of a leader who would leave them alone was a positive the third reason was that Charles Stewart made it clear that the overwhelming majority of those who fought against his father would be forgiven and that those impositions of power would retain their positions and unlike his father he would govern as a monarch Bound by the wishes of parliament these things combined were Y in 1660 Charles Stewart returned to England from the Netherlands and both sides agree to act as if the Civil War and following regicide never happened until some of the same problems cropped up again a couple of decades later I hope you enjoyed this episode with a special thanks to my patrons James bisonet Kelly moneymaker call show wolf Sky Chappelle katowitska Alex Schwinn Adam Stalter rod D Martin AF Firefly Jordan Longley Jerry lambdin why in hockey Marcus arsner Spencer Lightfoot Captain psydog Marvin Cassel Miss is it kamun Yoon Winston caywood boogly Wiggly the mcwhopper Aaron the white Gustav Swan Maggie Paskowski Anthony Beckett she went in spinning three plates Coppertone Daniel tabian Charles the first and words about books podcast

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