You were far too wordy. And I'd dispute your emphasis. A much shorter version is:
"The wars of the three kingdoms, commonly known as 'The Civil War', was fought to preserve the privilege of Commons against the tyranny of the King and protect the true religion against popery and episcopalianism."
If you were minded to waffle you could add:
"From 1639 the king fought the Scottish sectaries, who had rejected episcopalianism and aimed to bring the blessings of the presbytery to the English.
In 1641 a war began in Ireland to suppress the rebellious papists and their confederate cause.
In 1642 war came to England where a rebellious Parliament fought to destroy not the King, but those evil counselors who had led him into error (for the Members of Parliament were, of course, his loyal subjects). The Scots joined the rebels and delivered the north of England to Parliament, which proved a fatal blow for the King's cause.
There was a peace in 1646 following which the Commons lost patience with the King's intransigence. After a second attempt by the monarch to raise an army of malignants against them, the Commons conspired to have him put on trial and slain. He was beheaded in 1648.
At this point the English army seized power. A Godly general named Cromwell was given the commission in 1649 to finish the war in Ireland, following which he turned on the Scots and in 1650 beat them hollow. In the peace that followed Cromwell was acclaimed the leader of the nation."
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"The wars of the three kingdoms, commonly known as 'The Civil War', was fought to preserve the privilege of Commons against the tyranny of the King and protect the true religion against popery and episcopalianism."
If you were minded to waffle you could add:
"From 1639 the king fought the Scottish sectaries, who had rejected episcopalianism and aimed to bring the blessings of the presbytery to the English.
In 1641 a war began in Ireland to suppress the rebellious papists and their confederate cause.
In 1642 war came to England where a rebellious Parliament fought to destroy not the King, but those evil counselors who had led him into error (for the Members of Parliament were, of course, his loyal subjects). The Scots joined the rebels and delivered the north of England to Parliament, which proved a fatal blow for the King's cause.
There was a peace in 1646 following which the Commons lost patience with the King's intransigence. After a second attempt by the monarch to raise an army of malignants against them, the Commons conspired to have him put on trial and slain. He was beheaded in 1648.
At this point the English army seized power. A Godly general named Cromwell was given the commission in 1649 to finish the war in Ireland, following which he turned on the Scots and in 1650 beat them hollow. In the peace that followed Cromwell was acclaimed the leader of the nation."