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GCSE History · key term
Parliament’s measure of March 1642 claiming control over militia commanders, enforced despite Charles I withholding royal assent.
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Paper 3
Revise: Parliamentary Divisions and the Descent into Civil WarNevertheless, on 15 March 1642, Parliament declared the Militia Ordinance binding without that approval. It claimed that people must obey Parliament’s arrangements for the militia despite the king’s refusal.
Distinguish the Militia Ordinance, which Parliament enforced without royal assent, from the Nineteen Propositions, which were demands Charles rejected.
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