When James died, his son Charles I took over as King of England.

Charlie had been traveling around France with the Duke of Buckingham, and had established himself as a womanizer. 

By the time he came back to England on the death of his father, he had missed a large portion of the dialogue going on between Tories and Whigs, and he was determined to re-establish the traditional authority of the king to make ultimate decisions regarding taxes.

Conditions between Charles and various influential members of the parliament became so strained that Charles adjourned the Parliament and sent them home.

After awhile, Charles called Parliament back to approve of a tax bill.  However, members of the parliament refused to give their approval until Charles agreed not to send them home again.

One thing led to another, and soon the nation was in open rebellion.

Oliver Cromwell (who eventually elevated himself to the role of dictator) led the dissident faction in a successful revolution, which ended in the capture and beheading of Charles.

But this was only the beginning, for now the politicians of England were bitterly embroiled on many fronts.  There was as a result little time or political will to pass laws or to increase regulations and taxes.

As the struggle for political power became more and more specialized, actually involving fewer and fewer people, one item of government control after another fell into disuse or died of neglect. 

This process  is always beneficial.  In this case, the mails were no longer censored, and the profits of businessment grew larger.