In 1637, however, Charles began to make serious mistakes. These resulted
from the religious situation in Britain. His father, James, had been pleased
that the Anglican Church had bishops. They willingly supported him as head of the
English Church. And he disliked the Presbyterian Kirk in Scotland because it
had no bishops. It was a more democratic institution and this gave political as
well as religious power to the literate classes in Scotland. They had given him
a difficult time before he became king of England in 1603.
There were also people in England,
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