foreign policy

• Charles wanted to maintain control of England, Scotland and Ireland despite the religious, cultural and political tensions
• Thirty years war

  Charles planned to join the thirty years war in 1625 due to the failure of the Spanish match and his marriage to French Henrietta Maria
• 1625 – Cádiz


  English fleet failed to capture Spanish fleet or take Cadiz

  More English troops died due to lack of food than enemy gunfire
• 1627 – La Rochelle


  Buckingham's direct assault failed because the ladders were too short to go over the wall
• Buckingham's leadership of the military

  POOR LEADERSHIP – he doesn't have the skills or capabilities to lead a military and he always leads failures
• The English military

  POOR leadership, poor training, very disorganised and people do not actually know what they are doing
• The failure of La Rochelle was humiliating and gained Buckingham a bad/worse reputation and the navy & the army were seen as poor