In the English cival war there was the personal rule. During this period, Charles lack of money determined politics. The first and fore most was to Avoid parlement and to avoid war. Charles made peace with France and Spain,effectively ending England’s involvment in the thirty years war. That it self was far away from balancing the crowns finances. The king tried to raise revenue through the ship money tax. By exporting a naval war in 1635. Demanding that the inland English country’s to pay tax for the Royal Navy. Some prominent men refused to pay ship money tax, arguing that the tax was illegal, but they lost in court. The fines imposed on them for refusing to pay ship money and standing against the tax legality.