Charles I

(STUART), 1600-1649. King of England 1625; son of James I. His exalted views of the royal prerogative involved him in a contest with Parliament; his arbitrary taxation, religious persecution, and constant duplicity, caused civil war; he was defeated, tried and beheaded as a "tyrant, traitor and IMG:content-0830.png:[graphic] IMG:content-0831.png:[graphic][merged small] IMG:content-0832.jpg:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0833.png:[blocks in formation] from 1859. ature," or Vp = CT. Combining the laws of Boyle and Charles, we may write, R; where R is constant for each gas and PV T IMG:content-0834.png:[graphic] Charles XII. of Sweden. Chandler's Encyclopedia with the firing on Fort Sumter April 12, 1861. A Federal fleet attacked the city April 1863, but the Confederates held it till