Root and Branch 1640

• when was the root and branch petition

  1640
• what was the 1640 root and branch petition

  demanded an end to bishops , driven by puritanism
• how many signed the root and branch petition

  15000
• how did the root and branch petition cause parliamentary divisions

  • disagreements on what to replace laudianism with
  • many saw dismantling church structure by removing bishops as undermining whole order of society