The Magna Carta. Flashcards
True or false when Kings began to take land back from the lords and create new taxes, the people were happy because their rights were respected.
False, the act angered the people because their rights were not respected.
In what year did a group of nobles decide to force the King of England to respect their rights?
In 1215 A.D.
Who was the king that wasn’t respecting their people’s rights?
King John, brother of Richard the lion heart
Why did the people think the king was not respecting the rights?
He let the people starve, raised taxes, made widows marry again and lose all their inheritance, took whatever he wanted without paying, wouldn’t make peace with the pope and the churches closed, and wouldn’t let the lords advise him in anyway.
What is another name for the Magna Carta?
The great charter.
Where was the Magna Carta signed?
At Runnymede.
What did the Magna Carta do?
Listed 63 demands for change from the people.
What were some of the affects of the Magna Carta?
It made the King follow the same rules as the common citizen.
It forced the king to pass laws through Parliament.
What was the long term effect of the Magna Carta?
Ideas were used in the United States Constitution.
Why were the kings so much more powerful after the Crusades?
They got the land of all the dead knights and lords.
