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How did the knights have power?

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Given land if promised to fight for king when needed

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How did the barons have power?

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They had land and have the king money + men to fight

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Who did King John fall out of favour with?

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The Pope

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Why did King John and the Pope disagree?

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Pope wanted Stephen Langton to be archbishop but king wanted someone less loyal

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Who did the Pope want as archbishop?

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Stephen Langton

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How did the Pope retaliate to King John?

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Cancelled all church services

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Why was King John not good in battle?

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Lost territory in France

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What was King John nicknamed?

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‘Lackland’ and ‘softsword’

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Why were barons angry at King John?

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They thought they were going to go to hell

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What did King John ignore?

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The demands of the Great Council

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What did barons have to pay?

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Scutage

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Where was the Magna Carta singed?

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Runnymede

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When was the Magna Carta singed?

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1215

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What did the Magna Carta say about imprisonment?

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No one should be arrested without trail

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What did the Magna Carta say about merchants?

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That they should be able to travel around England freely

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What was Clause 61?

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A group of 25 barons should be created to monitor the King

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Why did he First Barons War start?

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King John said he was forced to sign the Magna Carta

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What did the Pope say about the Magna Carta?

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That it was invalid

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Who did the barons have the support of in the First Barons War?

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The French

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20
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What have King John the upper hand?

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Siege of Rochester in 1215

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21
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What did the barons promise King Louis?

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The English throne

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Who did the barons and Prince Louis have the support of?

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The Scottish King

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What happened in 1216?

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Prince Louis annoyed as King of England

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Who becomes king after King John?

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King Henry |||

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Who benefited from the Magna Carta?
Barons, church and merchants
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What did Henry ||| agree to?
The Magna Carta
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When did King John die?
1216
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What was was King Henry’s |||relationship like with the Pope?
Close
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What did the Pope use Henry ||| for?
To fight wars in Sicily
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How did Henry ||| upset the Pope?
Did not pay the Pope money to fight
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How did the Pope respond to Henry |||?
Threatened to excommunicate
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Who did King Henry ||| send to win back land in France?
Simon De Montfort
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What land did Simon De Montfort win back?
Gascony
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Why were the barons angry with Henry |||?
French family had jobs in the English court and Italian clergy had jobs in the church
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When were the Provisions of Oxford?
1258
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What did the Provisions of Oxford mean for the King?
He could not make decisions without the approval of the Council
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What did the Provisions of Oxford mean for the barons?
They could make decisions without the kings approval
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What was the Council made up in 1258?
15 barons decided by 24 men (12 from king, 12 from barons)
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What did the Provisions of Oxford mean for the French?
Foreign members would be banished
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What happened in 1259?
The Provisions in Westminster
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What did the Provisions of Westminster do?
Gave more power to less powerful and wealthy in society
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Who did Henry ||| gain the support of?
Barons who didn’t like Simon De Montfort it the Provisions
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What did the Pope say was okay to do in 1261?
Cancel the Provisions
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How did Henry ||| regain power?
Appointed his own men to the Great Council
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Where did the Second Barons War begin?
Battle of Lewes
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When did the Second Barons War begin?
1264
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Who won the Second Barons War?
The monarchy
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What happened after the Battle of Lewes?
King Henry was imprisoned and Prince Edward was captured
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What did Simon De Montforts Council consist of?
Nine of his closest friends
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How was the ‘Commons’ created?
De Montfort invited the burgesses and knights to get the ordinary people’s support
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What did the barons start to worry about Simon De Montfort?
He was an autocrat
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What happened at the Battle of Evesham?
Henry, with the support of the barons, best De Montfort
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Who did Henry ||| have support from to defeat De Montfort?
The barons
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When was the Battle of Evesham?
1265
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What did King Edward mean from his father?
To call many meetings of the Great Council
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What did Edward call in 1295?
The Model Parliament
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What did the Black Death men’s for Peasants wage?
There were less workers so they could demand higher wages
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What did King Richard || raise?
Poll tax
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Why did King Richard || introduce poll tax?
To pay for the Hundred Years War
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How many goats did people have to pay pear year to the King?
4
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What did King Edward ||| pass?
The Stature of Labourers
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What did the Statute of Labourers do?
Restricted the movement and wages of peasants
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What did the Church make people pay?
Pardons
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When did the Peasants Revolt happen?
1381
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What did the peasants do to clerks?
They beheaded the tax collectors clerks
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Who was the peasants leader?
Wat Tyler
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Who do the peasants free at Maidstone?
John Ball
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What do the peasants do at Rochester Castle?
Burn tax records
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What did King Richard || agree to?
Wat Tyler’s demands
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Who do the peasants kill?
The Archbishop of Canterbury
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How did Richard || go back on his word?
He said he had been forced to agree to the demands
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What happened to the rebel leaders?
John Ball and Wat Tyler’s heads were stuck on spikes
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What happened to the Poll Tax after the revolt?
It stopped
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What happened to peasants wages after the revolt?
Began to rise
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What happened to the Statute of Labourers after the revolt?
It was withdrawn

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