He provoked opposition by ruling without Parliament from 1629 to 1640, unilaterally levying taxes and adopting controversial religious policies (many of which were offensive to the Scottish Presbyterians and the English Puritans).
Izazvao je oporbu protiv sebe time što je od 1629. do 1640. vladao bez sazivanja parlamenta, samoinicijativno ubirući poreze i uvodeći neke kontroverzne vjerske prakse, od kojih su mnoge smatrane uvrjedljivim za škotske prezbiterijance i engleske puritance.