Magna Carta 1215

Question 1

When was the Magna Carta signed

Answer 1

1215

Question 2

Where

Answer 2

Runneymede
(First barons war)

Question 3

Why

Answer 3

Unhappy with scutage, and John was nicknamed “soft sword” as he lost many battles in France, losing the baron’s wealth and land. They assembled an army and forced him to sign

Question 4

How was John controlled

Answer 4

Appointed 25 barons to monitor the king and to prevent him from breaking the magma carta

Question 5

What did the magma carta do

Answer 5

Stopped unfair taxation, fair trial, protect merchants, prevent arrest without a trial

Question 6

Short term

Answer 6

First time a king limits his royal authority and power.
Made king a subject of the law
Only applied to freemen and not villeins
John never intended to stick to Magna Carta

Question 7

Long term

Answer 7

As more people became freemen, the new rules applied to more people
Influenced US constitutions 1787