In 1913 R. G Usher wrote: "The English Revolution of 1640 is as much an enigma today as it was to Charles. It is a riddle, which has to be solved. No one has tried to solve it because all assumed it was solved be repeating the Grand Remonstrance. Every Englishman born since 1800 has...been born into a view of English history. Christopher Hill did his part to dissect the Revolution and make sense of it. The following will describe some of his findings on the subject.

This paper will demonstrate Hill's unprecedented knowledge and understanding of the events in the 17th century. It will look extensively at some of his works, namely: Some Intellectual Consequences of the English Revolution, Change and Continuity in 17th Century England, The Good Old Cause 1640-1660, and his first book The English Revolution 1640 . Hill's interpretation that three main people influenced the revolution will also be demonstrated in th

Coke also wrote the Petition of Right. This was a petition addressed to Charles I by Parliament in 1628. Parliament demanded that the king desist from levying taxes without its consent, that he cease billeting soldiers and sailors in the homes of private citizens and proclaiming martial law in time of peace, and that no subject be imprisoned without cause shown. The petition was, in part, a reaction to Charles's attempt to finance several costly and foreign wars by exacting the money, which Parliament had failed to provide, directly from his subjects. This played a part in the demise of the king and ultimately help lead the middle class into revolution.

Hill also takes a look into Sir Walter Ralegh's influence on the happenings of the seventeenth century. According to Hill Ralegh significantly contributed to the following events that the revolution brought about; a decline in the power of the throne, the adoption of an aggressive imperialist foreign policy, an extension of economic liberalism, the redistribution of taxation, the beginnings of religious toleration, and the triumph of modern science. Ralegh is also credited with establishing the first colony in America. Hill looks favorably upon Ralegh because, Ralegh's political thought ruthlessly emphasizes expediency, utility, in a way that anticipates Hobbes. In civil wars 'all former compacts and agreements for securing of liberty and property are dissolved, and become void: for flying to arms is a state of war, which is the mere state of nature, of men out of community, where all have an equal right to all things: and I shall enjoy my life, my subsistence, or whatever is dear to me no longer than he that has more cunning, or is stronger than I, will give me leave.' 'That any particular government is now Fure Divino is hard to affirm, and of no great use to mankind. For let the government of any country where I am a subject be by divine institution or by compact, I am equally bound to observe its laws and endeavor its prosperity. Hill saw Ralegh's desire for an equal, capitalist society and believes that this is why he was so influential to the revolution. Ralegh, while expecting execution: "When you have travailed and wearied your thoughts on all sorts of worldly cogitation's, you shall sit down by sorrow in the end." This shows that Ralegh was probably part of the middle class that rose up and made an unprecedented change in England.

He was born in York in 1912 as John Edward Christopher Hill. While attending college in the 1930's, Hill embraced Marxism, an ideology that focuses on struggles between the different social classes. This is where how he based his interpretation of the revolution. Later, he attributed the revolution to this by citing the middle class upheaval as being the primary source. He has also produced exceptional books that probe subjects such as the Anglican Church and Puritanism. Hill was also a member of the Historians Group of the Communist Party (HGCP). Some of the other members included an extraordinary group, namely Rodney Hilton, Eric Honsbawm, and E.P. Thompson. Hill and other members of the HGCP founded Past and Present, an innovative scholarly journal. To this day, Hill is still closely associated

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