Asked by Wolf Haley

Why, after having dissolved Parliament, did Charles I call it back into session?

to punish its leaders
to get it to raise funds to crush a rebellion
to have it name Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector
to force it to sign the Petition of Right

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to get it to raise funds to crush a rebellion

Charles had ruled without Parliament for years, but when the Bishops' Wars and other uprisings (and the need for money to field an army) forced him to seek funds he summoned Parliament (the Short and then Long Parliament) to obtain subsidies.