Ontario Public School History of England : Authorized by the Minister of Education for Ontario for Use in Forms IV and V of the Public Schools . than one year at a time. Under the advice of Buckingham, the king dismissed theParliament, and, going ahead with the war, sent a fleet andarmy to attack Cadiz. The attack failed, however, and theEnglish forces then tried to find the Spanish treasure fleet;but the fleet escaped them and reached Spain in safety. The expedition, thinned by dis-ease, returned without accom-plishing anything. 162. The second Parliament,1636.—Money was needed, andtherefore
Ontario Public School History of England : Authorized by the Minister of Education for Ontario for Use in Forms IV and V of the Public Schools . than one year at a time. Under the advice of Buckingham, the king dismissed theParliament, and, going ahead with the war, sent a fleet andarmy to attack Cadiz. The attack failed, however, and theEnglish forces then tried to find the Spanish treasure fleet;but the fleet escaped them and reached Spain in safety. The expedition, thinned by dis-ease, returned without accom-plishing anything. 162. The second Parliament,1636.—Money was needed, andtherefore Charles had to summonParliament again. Under theleadership of resolute men likeSir John Eliot and John Pym,the Commons began an enquiryinto the conduct of the war. Theyheld Buckingham responsible for^ the failure, and resolved to im- peach him before the House ofLords. Charles refused to allow any enquiry by Parliamentinto the conduct of his minister, and, as the Commons per-sisted, he dissolved th? House. No money had been The third Parliament, 1628-39.—As Charles couldget no funds by lawful means, he decided to get them. 1628-29] THE HOUSE OF STUART 163 in any way that he could; and he tried to collect whatwas really almost the same as benevolences, although theamount demanded was in some proportion to each mansincome. Some of those who refused to pay these forcedloans were imprisoned; others had soldiers billeted in theirhouses, and as offences committed by these soldiers weretried by martial law, the citizens had veiy little redress;poorer men who resented the tax were forced to serve inthe army. In the meantime, a war had broken out between Franceand England. An expedition, led by the Duke of Bucking-ham, to assist the French Protestants who were besiegedin Rochelle, ended in a complete failure. Both Franceand Spain were now united against England, and Charlescould not procure enough money to resist their attacks; therewas nothing to do but to call another
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