(the) Short Parliament

(the) Short Parliament
the Short Parliament [the Short Parliament]
the first of two parliaments set up by the English king ↑Charles I in 1640 when he needed the legal power of Parliament to raise money for a war against Scotland. When the ↑MPs refused to support the king he dismissed the parliament. It was replaced later in the same year by the ↑Long Parliament.

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