You are a baron, one of England’s great nobles, living in northern Britain. Winter is approaching, and it looks like it will be very cold soon. To prepare for your winter, you send some of your servants to a forest on your land to gather firewood. When they return, though, they don’t have much wood. The king has chopped down many of the trees in your forest to build a new castle. Dismayed, you send a messenger to ask the king to pay a fair price for the wood, but he refuses.

How can you get the king to respect your rights?

Chapter 10 Section 4

Holt pg.276-278

7.6.5 and 7.6.7

Kings take advantage

-By the 1200s kings do as they please-Nobles become upset when kings create new taxes and take their property

-Begin to look for ways to limit kings power

Nobles step up

-In 1215 a group of nobles decide to take their respect back

-Force King John to approve a document they have written

What is the Magna Carta?

-Document listing rights the king could not ignore-king forced to approve the document

What does the Magna Carta say?-protected the rights of the people

- 63 demands in all

-so influential that the British still consider it part of their constitution

Create your own “Magna Carta”

-Imagine that you live in the times of King John

-List 5 demands you would impose on the king

-Must be patterned after those of the Magna Carta

Possible Answers

-property not taken without consent -Everyone had the right to a fair trial-Freedom of travel-Rights of widows and orphans

-law is for all, high and low-No increase in tax unless passed by parliament-Standard measure (weight, height etc)-Crime matches punishment

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Effects of Magna Carta

1. King required to honor certain rights1. Habeas corpus- people cannot be

kept in jail without reason2. Right to a fair trial

2. Everyone must obey the law1. Even the King2. This is one of the basic

principlesChanges after Magna Carta

1. Create a council of nobles to advise the king1. Became parliament2. Eventually king needed their

approval to do almost anything2. Judges become free of royal control

(1600)1. The king no longer appoints

them2. True democracy is born

King John

Medieval Parliament

Magna Carta

Parliament

The king had to obey the law, just as common citizens

The king could do little without the support of the parliament

Check for Understanding

Magna Carta had a great effect in England only

In 1328 the King of France dies with no aire

-two men claim his throne as a result, one French and one English

- eventually the French man becomes kingEnglish King did not like the outcome

-decides to invade France-Hundred year war is started a few

years laterThe results…-First English armies did well,

winning most of their battles-After about a 100 years a

teenage peasant girl rises up and rallies the French troops

Who is she?-born into peasant life, but still comfortable living-had 3 brothers and one sister

Joan of Arc

Why did she Fight?-Said that God sent and angel to her that told her to deliver her people from the English-Got up and left her home at age 16 to fightWhat affect did she have?-lead and army to Orleans in 1429-wins several battles for her cause-Eventually captured and killed but it was too late, the French army had risen and drove the English out in 1453

The French ultimately win but there are many changes as a result for both sides

For the English-Parliaments power grows because the king needs their approval to raise taxes-As parliament gains power the king loses itFor the French-Kings power grows-During the war the king had become popular with his nobles

-Nobles support their king as result

Parliament

King

Review Quiz

Check for understanding

4. __________ and ___________ fought in the hundred years war.

6. As a result of the war the king of ________ gained power and the king of __________ lost it.

2. Eventually the king could do little without the support of the ____________.

5. A teenage peasant girl named _______________ rallied the French troops to defeat the English.

3. This leads to the beginning of _____________ in England.

1. The ________ _________ was constructed so the king would respect the rights of the people.

Review Quiz

Check for understanding

4. England and France fought in the hundred years war.

6. As a result of the war the king of France gained power and the king of England lost it.

2. Eventually the king could do little without the support of the parliament.

5. A teenage peasant girl named Joan of Arc rallied the French troops to defeat the English.

3. This leads to the beginning of democracy in England.

1. The Magna Carta was constructed so the king would respect the rights of the people.