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Describe the stages in 1642 by which England slipped into civil war In the years preceding 1642 Charles 1st had managed to restore much of the support that he had lost during the '11 year tyranny'. Members of parliament began to think Pym had done enough and that his shocking revolutionary reforms were going too far; the 'Grand Remonstrance' had only passed by the narrowest of margins, a few more votes and it would not have passed. Despite this England fell into a state of civil war on 22nd August 1642 - Charles' radical, ill-advised moves led to many of his former supporters once again turning to parliament, having lost faith in the strong leader they used to favour. Charles' advisors and catholic wife Henrietta Maria had encouraged Charles to make a stance against Pym and his increasingly radical parliamentary policies. Charles took their advice and attempted to remove those...

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