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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

	1626
	Charles I frustrates the English parliament's restrictions by raising taxes without summoning parliament for renewed approval

	1628
	The English parliament's Petition of Right emphasizes the right of the citizen to be protected from royal tyranny

	1629
	Charles I dismisses his parliament in Westminster, and fails to summon another in the following eleven years

	1634
	Charles I demands ship money to increase his revenue, albeit in the absence of its conventional justification - a crisis of national defence

	1636
	John Hampden refuses to pay ship money to Charles I, beginning a campaign that gradually wins wide support

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