UK History: Chapter 8, Exercise 1 — Possible Solution ====================================================================== THE THREE CAUSES 1. Religion: Charles I's attempt to impose High Anglican practices, which led to the Bishops' Wars when applied to Scotland. 2. Taxation: methods such as ship money. 3. Royal power: Parliament's wish to constrain what it saw as excessive authority. WHAT IS NOT TOLD The source lists them together and does not rank them, so the chapter cannot say which mattered most.