If the Royalists win the English Civil War...
I thought these could use a little polishing:
Code:
#(1649) King Charles and the New Monarchy
#Edited by Johnny Canuck [COLOR=Lime]& mandead[/COLOR]
event = {
id = 3771
trigger = {
event = 3025 #ENG: The English Civil War
}
random = no
country = ENG
name = "EVENTNAME3771" #King Charles and the New Monarchy
desc = "EVENTHIST3771"
date = { day = 0 month = february year = 1649 }
action_[COLOR=Yellow]a[/COLOR] = {
name = "ACTIONNAME3771[COLOR=Yellow]A[/COLOR]" #[COLOR=Yellow]Be Vengeful[/COLOR]
command = { type = inherit which = PUR }
command = { type = religion which = catholic }
command = { type = provincereligion which = 244 value = catholic } #Midlands
command = { type = province_revoltrisk which = 248 value = -5 } #Kent
command = { type = province_revoltrisk which = 249 value = -5 } #Wessex
command = { type = province_revoltrisk which = 245 value = -5 } #Lincoln
command = { type = province_revoltrisk which = 244 value = -5 } #Midlands
command = { type = province_revoltrisk which = 232 value = -5 } #Ulster
command = { type = province_revoltrisk which = 242 value = -5 } #Lancashire
command = { type = domestic which = CENTRALIZATION value = 3 }
command = { type = domestic which = ARISTOCRACY value = 4 }
command = { type = domestic which = INNOVATIVE value = -1 }
command = { type = domestic which = LAND value = 1 }
command = { type = domestic which = OFFENSIVE value = -2 }
[COLOR=Lime]command = { type = relation which = FRA value = 200 }
command = { type = relation which = SCO value = 200 }
command = { type = relation which = HOL value = -200 }
command = { type = relation which = SWE value = -200 }
command = { type = stability value = -2 }[/COLOR]
}
action_[COLOR=Yellow]b[/COLOR] = {
name = "ACTIONNAME3771[COLOR=Yellow]B[/COLOR]" #[COLOR=Yellow]Be Merciful[/COLOR]
command = { type = inherit which = PUR }
command = { type = religion which = protestant }
command = { type = provincereligion which = 244 value = catholic } #Midlands
command = { type = province_revoltrisk which = 248 value = -5 } #Kent
command = { type = province_revoltrisk which = 249 value = -5 } #Wessex
command = { type = province_revoltrisk which = 245 value = -5 } #Lincoln
command = { type = province_revoltrisk which = 244 value = -5 } #Midlands
command = { type = province_revoltrisk which = 232 value = -5 } #Ulster
command = { type = province_revoltrisk which = 242 value = -5 } #Lancashire
command = { type = domestic which = CENTRALIZATION value = 1 }
command = { type = domestic which = ARISTOCRACY value = 2 }
command = { type = domestic which = OFFENSIVE value = -2 }
[COLOR=Lime]command = { type = relation which = FRA value = 50 }
command = { type = relation which = SCO value = 100 }
command = { type = relation which = HOL value = -100 }
command = { type = relation which = SWE value = -50 }[/COLOR]
command = { type = stability value = 1 }
}
}
#-#During the reign of Charles I England's loyalties
waswere divided between Parliament and the King.
The Parliament wanted more pluralism and
a Protestant
rulesupremacy, whil
st the King
wanted more royal power and supreme catholic rule, spurred on by the influence of his French Queen, wished to revert to the supremacy of Rome and the Divine Right of Kings, or at
the very least, religious freedom for all.
Parliament won the English Civil War, but what if they had not? So In 1645
, the New Royal Army formed by Fairfax won two important victories, at Naseby and at Langport, destroying all of
the Parliaments' armies. In 1646, Charles had little choice but to spread his remaining forces into 'hunt-and-destroy' parties seeking out fleeing
Puritan leaders. Oxford pressed the newly formed 'New Model Army' of Oliver Cromwell, forcing them to seek refuge with the Scots, bringing the first war to a close. Charles used the time to negotiate with
Parliament,
whilst he spend
ing many good vast sums of the Exchequer money bribing moderate
Parliamentarians. In the mean time, Cromwell's army began to feel the
ir feeble relation with the Scots deteriorat
e. Eventually the Puritan army tried to kidnap King Charles, however, Charles escaped and used this 'vile and contemptuous habit' to his advantage. Then,
the Cromwell's army marched
to south (Aug 1647) and debated proposals of their own with the
refugees of the Parliament at York. Charles took advantage of this shift of emphasis away from him to negotiate a new agreement with the Scots, again promising church reform. This agreement leads to a series of Puritan rebellions and an ambitious offensive by Cromwell's Army (Jul 1648)
took place. However, all were checked by the
now far more powerful
Royal
Army under Fairfax.
This new betrayal parliament forced Charles to negotiate with those who still supported Charles' place on the throne. The
Cromwellian armyNew Model Army, angry that
half the the majority of Parliament
were still consider
ed Charles as
a rulerKing, marched on
Parliament and conducted Pride's Purge (named such since the commanding officer of the operation was Sir Thomas Pride). 45 MP's were arrested, 146 were kept out of
Parliament, and only 75 were allowed in, and then only to do the
Army's bidding. This
Rump
Parliament was ordered to set up a high court of justice in order to try Charles I for treason in the name of the people of England. Charles took action and surrounded the Cromwellian army
, smashing it to dust, freeing
Parliament and enforcing his will upon it. At the Great Trial of Treason (Jan 1649) hundreds of
Puritan leaders were found guilty
, and
they were all beheaded. Oliver Cromwell then lead the
minuscule remnants of
his New Model Army to Hull where
it was picked up by a Swedish navy on the orders of the Swedish chancellor Axel Oxenstierna he was arrested by the Sheriff of York, but escaped to Sweden after offering the City of York his baggage train in exchange for his life.. Cromwell later fought with distinction in the Swedish-Polish War, but
diedwas fatally wounded at Warsaw in 1656. Charles I was
thenonce again
Sovereign King of England, Scotland and Ireland. His promise to the Scots was never fulfilled and
in March the Church of England was
set on par with the Catholic Church... formally returned to the Church of Rome.
Code:
#(1688) [COLOR=Yellow]The Absolution[/COLOR]
#Edited by Johnny Canuck [COLOR=Lime]& mandead[/COLOR]
event = {
id = 3032
trigger = {
event = 3771 #ENG: King Charles and the New Monarchy
}
random = no
country = ENG
name = "EVENTNAME3032" #[COLOR=Yellow]The Absolution[/COLOR]
desc = "EVENTHIST3032"
date = { day = [COLOR=Yellow]10[/COLOR] month = [COLOR=Yellow]december[/COLOR] year = 1688 }
action_a = {
name = "ACTIONNAME3032A" #Absolute Monarchy
command = { type = inherit which = PUR }
command = { type = domestic which = CENTRALIZATION value = 5 }
command = { type = domestic which = ARISTOCRACY value = 5 }
command = { type = domestic which = INNOVATIVE value = -2 }
command = { type = domestic which = SERFDOM value = 3 }
command = { type = stability value = 3 }
command = { type = wakemonarch which = 046018 } #Charles III °
command = { type = wakemonarch which = 046019 } #Henry IX °
command = { type = wakemonarch which = 046020 } #Mary III *
command = { type = sleepmonarch which = 046026 } #George I
command = { type = sleepmonarch which = 046027 } #George II
command = { type = sleepmonarch which = 046028 } #George III
[COLOR=Red]command = { type = sleepevent which = 3040 } #ENG: Sir Robert Walpole
command = { type = sleepevent which = 3044 } #ENG: William Pitt the Elder
command = { type = sleepevent which = 3050 } #ENG: William Pitt the Younger
command = { type = sleepevent which = 21006 } #ENG: Pitt the Younger or Charles James Fox as Prime Minister
command = { type = sleepevent which = 21018 } #ENG: Pitt the Younger Continues as Prime Minister[/COLOR]
}
action_b = {
name = "ACTIONNAME3032B" #[COLOR=Yellow]Constitutional Monarchy[/COLOR]
command = { type = inherit which = PUR }
command = { type = domestic which = CENTRALIZATION value = [COLOR=Red]5[/COLOR] [COLOR=Yellow]-3[/COLOR] }
command = { type = domestic which = ARISTOCRACY value = [COLOR=Red]5[/COLOR] [COLOR=Yellow]-4[/COLOR] }
[COLOR=Lime]command = { type = domestic which = INNOVATIVE value = 3 }[/COLOR]
command = { type = domestic which = SERFDOM value = [COLOR=Red]1[/COLOR] [COLOR=Yellow]-2[/COLOR] }
command = { type = stability value = 1 }
command = { type = wakemonarch which = 046018 } #Charles III [COLOR=Lime]°[/COLOR]
command = { type = wakemonarch which = 046019 } #Henry IX °
command = { type = wakemonarch which = 046020 } #Mary III *
command = { type = sleepmonarch which = 046026 } #George I
command = { type = sleepmonarch which = 046027 } #George II
command = { type = sleepmonarch which = 046028 } #George III
}
}
#-#
WhenAfter Charles I had won the English Civil War he set out persecuting the Puritans
, many of
whichwhom moved to the American colonies. He also closed Parliament and ruled by decree which created dissent among most groups in the English society. His son Charles II,
however, though fully understood that the moderate Protestants were the key group and he needed them badly. By introducing religious freedom, disqualifying religion as an issue when attaining a governmental post, and creating an ideology of the Monarch as standing above all religious issues
, he managed to create a feeble truce among Englishmen. As a consequence Charles revived Parliament, but greatly diminished it
s powers.
HoweverFurthermore, Charles set high standards ensuring fair and regular elections and that every one was equal under law. His brother James was a staunch
Catholic and not particular
ly fo
und of the opposition that had deified a lot of his ambitions. James, influenced by the Duke of Tyrconnell and the Earl of Sunderland, had the Tory leader, Earl Danby propose in Parliament that the royal suspension power was to be abolished if Parliament passed a Declaration of Rights. In a masterly executed scheme the Whig leader, Earl Shaftsbury, made the proposal fall. King James was outraged and held a speech in Parliament informing the
GentlemenCommons that either he would govern as the appointee of God or they pass a redrafted Declaration of Rights. The choice was theirs
, and theirs alone. Finally after days of negotiation
the Parliament accepted what would be called the Bill of Rights
, creating a division of powers between Parliament, an independent Star Chamber and the King. Parliament would create and pass laws, and control certain taxes as tax of income and wealth, while the King would approve laws and direct the foreign policy, execute wars and control the majority of taxation. Thus the venerable series of events
called 'The Glorious revolution'known unto history as 'The Absolution' came to be.
By the early 1690s, James II enjoyed the same level of power and influence as his cousin, Louis XIV of France, and never again would Parliament be in a position to flex its muscles at the House of Stuart...
The stuff in red has been removed as those events will only fire if the Hanoverian monarchs are active, so there's no need to sleep them...
