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Key Dates
| Year | Principal Events | | | | 1625 | Charles becomes King | | Charles marries Henrietta Maria | | 1626 | Attempt
to impeach Buckingham | | York House Conference | | 1627 | Forced Loan | | Five Knights' Case | | 1628 | Petition
of Right | | Duke of Buckingham assassinated | | 1629-40 | The Personal Rule | | 1630 | Charles concludes
peace with France and Spain | | 1630-40 | Charles and Laud attempt to impose Arminian policies | | 1634 | Ship Money imposed (until declared 'illegal' in 1640) | | 1637 | Trial and corporal punishment of Prynne,
Burton and Bastwick | | Riots in Scotland over Book of Common Prayer | | Hampden Case | | 1638 | National
Covenant formed in Scotland | | 1639-40 | Charles is defeated in the Bishops' Wars | | 1640 | The Short Parliament
(shortest Parliament in British history) | | Laudian Canons consolidate Arminian reforms in Church of
England | | The Long Parliament - beginning of the 'legislative revolution' | | |
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