The Civil Wars of England and Charles I

If one carefully examines Charles I and his ideas and philosophies on governing and the ways he implemented those philosophies it is easy to see why and how people justified their resistance to his reign. He was a moron. His inability to reason and see past his own pride and admit that his plan and ideologies were incorrect he successfully accomplished a feat rarely seen in history -he got not only is enemies mad at him, but also his supporters, (I know it's hard to imagine this being a rare occurrence in light of the last few years under the Bush administration...but it is).

The Scottish were angered about his insistence on changing their religion, the English for his insistence on changing their government, and the Irish for his insistence on killing them. (Which, really, when you think about it, and you don't have to think too hard, are ALL REALLY REALLY good reasons for becoming angered.) And while the Scottish, English, and Irish all traditionally hate each other, they were able to all agree on one thing-Charles was a moron, and something had to be done.

In 1643 the Scots, after seeing the failure of the Root and Branch Petition and seeing the ineffectiveness of a sermon preached to the House of Commons which addressed the sins and alienation of the king and his followers from God [7], started the Solemn League and Covenant, which stated that it's purpose was for the "settling and preserving of the true Protestant religion with perfect peace in his majesty's dominions..." [2]. In reality, however, this really was a Charles Is A Moron and We Hate Him League. So naturally the English, angered at Charles's political incompetence, the dismal effects of the Wars of the Covenant, not to mention the advent of the First Civil War, joined in. They, however, with the help of the Long Parliament voiced a few extra complaints beyond the Scottish appeals relating to religion-in fact, to be exact, they came up with 240 extra things. Which they presented to Charles I in what became known as the Grand Remonstrance.