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| 1625 |
| | | The English parliament attempts to clip the wings of the new king, Charles I, by placing an annual limit on his power to raise taxes | |
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| 1626 |
| | | Charles I frustrates the English parliament's restrictions by raising taxes without summoning parliament for renewed approval | |
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| 1628 |
| | | The English parliament's Petition of Right emphasizes the right of the citizen to be protected from royal tyranny | |
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| 1629 |
| | | Charles I dismisses his parliament in Westminster, and fails to summon another in the following eleven years | |
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| 1634 |
| | | Charles I demands ship money to increase his revenue, albeit in the absence of its conventional justification - a crisis of national defence | |
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| 1639 |
| | | The finances of the English king, Charles I, are in crisis, with his agents able to collect each year only a fraction of his demands | |
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| 1640 |
| | | In need of funds for the Bishops' War in Scotland, Charles I summons parliament to Westminster | |
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| 1640 |
| | | Parliament denies Charles I's request for funds and is dismissed after three weeks (the Short Parliament) | |
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| 1640 |
| | | Charles I's financial crisis causes him to summon another parliament to Westminster (the Long Parliament, not dissolved until 1660) | |
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| 1640 |
| | | The new parliament immediately impeaches Charles I's two closest advisers, the earl of Strafford and archbishop William Laud | |
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