Editing First English Civil War (section)

==Overview==
[[File:Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641) - Charles I (1600-1649) - RCIN 404398 - Royal Collection.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.7|[[Charles I of England]], {{circa}} 1636]]

The First English Civil War forms part of the 1639 to 1653 [[Wars of the Three Kingdoms]], fought in [[Kingdom of England|England]] and [[Wales]], along with the separate kingdoms of [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scotland]] and [[Kingdom of Ireland|Ireland]].{{efn|Some historians, such as Trevor Royle, suggest 1638 to 1660}} Others include the 1639 and 1640 [[Bishops' Wars]], 1641 to 1653 [[Irish Confederate Wars]], 1648 [[Second English Civil War]], 1649 to 1653 [[Cromwellian conquest of Ireland]], and 1650 to 1652 [[Anglo-Scottish war (1650–1652)|Anglo-Scottish War]], previously known as the Third English Civil War.{{sfn|Woolrych|2002|p=398}} The First and Second English Civil Wars are sometimes grouped together as the 1642 to 1648 [[English Civil War]].{{sfn|Zuvich|2015|pp=88–89}} 

The underlying cause of the war in England was a long-running struggle for political and religious control between the monarchy and [[Parliament of England|Parliament]] that began when [[James VI and I]] became king in 1603. The issues re-surfaced after the 1660 [[Stuart Restoration]], and  were arguably only resolved by the 1688 [[Glorious Revolution]]. American historians like [[Kevin Phillips (political commentator)|Kevin Phillips]] have identified many similarities between the principles at stake in 1642, and those leading to the [[American Revolution]].{{sfn|Royle|2006|pp=806–813}}