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Do you agree that James I had more success with his 3rd and 4th parliaments than he had with his 1st and 2nd?
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... Do you agree that James I had more success with his 3rd and 4th parliaments than he had with his 1st and 2nd? The relationship between king and Parliament steadily eroded. Extravagant spending (particularly on James' favourites), inflation and bungled foreign policies discredited James in the eyes of Parliament. Parliament refused to give funds to a king who ignored their concerns and were annoyed by rewards given to favourites and great amounts spent on decoration. James had enormous difficulties in coping with parliamentary criticism. The structure of English government made it impossible to raise sufficient revenue without parliaments, but his belief in the Divine Right of Kings made him unwilling to listen to criticism of his unpopular diplomatic schemes. The early days of James's 1st parliament in 1604 were dominated by a tussle over parliamentary privilege. The questions on wardship and purveyance also surfaced early on in this parliament, but, although
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