KJ key dates

Question 1

1199

Answer 1

John becomes King after Richard dies of an arrow wound in Normandy.

Question 2

1204

Answer 2

By this time John has lost respect of his Barons because he has lost all the land in Normandy

Question 3

1205

Answer 3

John begins an argument with the Pope. The Pope was the Head of the Church.

Question 4

1208

Answer 4

The Pope loses patience with John and starts punishing England (Interdict)

Question 5

1209

Answer 5

John gets kicked out of the Church.

Question 6

1212

Answer 6

The Barons plot to get rid of John but the plot calms down.

Question 7

1213

Answer 7

John makes with up with the Pope, due to the fact he is scared of his Barons and the threat of an invasion by his uncle, Philip II of France.

Question 8

1214

Answer 8

John, at a huge expense, makes one last attempt at a success in war against France. It is a huge failure. John returns to England to find his Barons have had enough.

Question 9

1215

Answer 9

The Barons force John to sign the Magna Carta. He does and then gets the Pope to declare it illegal. The Barons march on London and begin a rebellion.

Question 10

1216

Answer 10

John makes progress against the rebels but then Prince Louis of France, who has been invited to become King by the Barons, invades. Progress stalls and John dies in 1216, leaving his nine year old son as his heir.