Unit 1 Medival uprsings

Question 1

What year was Magna Carta signed?

Answer 1

1215

Question 2

Who was king in 1215?

Answer 2

King John

Question 3

Where was Magna Carta signed?

Answer 3

Runnymede, Surrey

Question 4

What was on Magna Carta?

Answer 4

The king would give some of his powers to the Barons

Question 5

Who did the Barons want to be king?

Answer 5

Prince Louis of France

Question 6

When did King John die?

Answer 6

19th October 1216

Question 7

Who replaced King John?

Answer 7

His son King Henry III

Question 8

What was the barons’ uprising in 1215 called?

Answer 8

The First Barons’ War

Question 9

Why were the Barons angry with King John?

Answer 9

He was spending too much on wars he kept losing and taxing the barons a lot of money

Question 10

Why were the Barons angry with King Henry III?

Answer 10

The king lost a lot of wars with France, he argued with the pope, had foreign advisors and ignored Magna Carta

Question 11

What was called against Henry III in 1258?

Answer 11

The great council

Question 12

What did the king agree to in 1258?

Answer 12

The provisions of Oxford

Question 13

Name 4 things the Provisions of Oxford said.

Answer 13

Foreign members of the royal household will be banished
Taxes would be decided locally
Each county would have a sheriff
Castles would be held by Englishmen only

Question 14

How did the Provisions of Oxford impact royal power?

Answer 14

Allowed the barons to make decisions without the king

Question 15

Why did not all barons like the provisions?

Answer 15

The provisions interfered with local affairs and younger barons didn’t get elected

Question 16

What was introduced in 1259?

Answer 16

The provisions of Westminster

Question 17

Why were the Provisions of Westminster unpopular?

Answer 17

Barons didn’t like it because it gave power to Knights and the Peasants

Question 18

How was the pope involved?

Answer 18

The pope told Henry that he could ignore the provisions

Question 19

Why did De Montfort return after 3 years?

Answer 19

Henry had angered the Barons more and more

Question 20

What happened at the Battle of Lewes in 1264?

Answer 20

Henry and his son Edward were imprisoned and De Montfort ruled instead

Question 21

What was the barons’ uprising in 1258 called?

Answer 21

The Second barons’ war

Question 22

What caused the Peasant’s revolt?

Answer 22

A poll tax was introduced
Black death killed 1 in 3 of the population
The Statute of Labourers was introduced
John Ball arrested for saying peasants should be free

Question 23

What happened in the peasants revolt?

Answer 23

John Ball arrested
John ball released from prison by peasants
Peasants march to London
Wat Tyler and the peasants asks the King to agree to the peasants’ demands
Wat Tyler and other leaders executed, end of the revolt

Question 24

What were the short term impacts of the peasants revolt?

Answer 24

Wat Tyler and other leaders executed
Barons and King made precautions to prevent another revolt and peasants were worse off because of these precautions
Still a lack of workers
No more poll tax

Question 25

What were the long term impacts of the peasants revolt?

Answer 25

Helps to develop democracy
Within 100 years peasants became free men
Peasants’ wages increased