There have been several civil wars in England, the most famous of which is simply referred to as the "English Civil War" where Charles I marched into parliament, looking for 5 Members of Parliament that had tried to commit treason, thereby causing civil war. (As the royal family are not allowed to enter the house of commons)
You may be thinking of the Baron's war, in which King John had refused to abide by the Magna Carta he had previously issued.
Perhaps, however, most famously, you are thinking of the War of the Roses, the fighting between the houses of Lancaster and York (whos symbols are respectively the red and white rose) for dominance of the British throne. The war was ended when Henry VII, or "Henry Tudor", a relatively unknown bloke from Lancaster house defeated Richard III, and married Elizabeth of York, to unite the two houses.
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Roundheads given to the Parliamentary army and Cavaliers were supporters of the Monarchy
because it was fought between the territories of the England. The term "civil war" means a war fought between two or more groups within the same country, not involving any other countries. 'Civil' can also mean 'polite' But as we all know, the Civil War was anything but polite.
The two sides of the Irish Civil War were the "Republicans" and the "Free Staters".
Answer 1A civil war is where 2 or more factions fight to control a single government. This did NOT happen in America 1861-1865. The South wanted their own government.Answer 2A civil war is one of two types of wars. (1) It is a war where 2+ parties are fighting over control of the same government, (such as the English Civil War or Spanish Civil War) or (2) a war where one side wishes to secede from a national union and is not succesful in so-doing (such as the US Civil War or the Vietnam War).
A comparison of the Revolutionary war and the civil war. How the Revolutionary was different from the civil war A comparison of two wars The Differences between the Revolution and the Civil War
No, they were the Confederacy. The North was the Union. The Civil War was called the Civil War because it was a war between two halves of a nation.