Political Developments and their Impact on Feudalism

This king strengthened the monarchy by enacting reforms that strengthened royal courts and issuing the Constitutions of Clarendon.

• Henry I

• John

• Henry II

• Edward I

Magna Carta was originally created to protect the right of ___________.

• Nobles and High Ranking Clergy

• Merchants and Guild Members

• King and Queen

• Monarch and Nobles

Henry II insisted that a _________ must accuse a person of a serious crime.

• Lord

• Jury

• Baron

• Royal Judge

"Magna Carta" is the Latin meaning of this.

• Important Document

• Nobles are Important

• Great Charter

• Down with the King

Magna Carta stated that who could not be jailed except by the lawful judgment of his peers or by the law of the land?

• "no free man"

• "no god fearing lord"

• "The King of the realm"

• "the will of the people"

King Edward I created this governing body giving every class a voice in government

• Royal Courts

• Model Parliament

• Magna Carta

• habeas corpus

the legal concept that an accused person cannot be jailed indefinitely without being charged with a crime

• Model Parliament

• common law

• guild rights

• habeas corpus

Please put these events in the correct chronological order.

• Henry II issues the Constitutions of Clarendon

• Thomas Becket is killed by four knights seeking the king's favor

• King John signs the Magna Carta at Runnymede

• Edward I creates the Model Parliament

Political changes during this period led to these TWO outcomes that result in the decline of feudalism?

• strengthening of royal authority at the expense of the nobles

• strengthening of the church and replacement of the monarchy

• end of the noble class and rise of the merchants

• some power shifting from the nobles to the the common people

King John did all of the following that led to the creation of the Magna Carta

• lost most of
  England's land in France

• collected large amounts of money from Church properties

• heavily taxed his barons (nobles)

• ignored the barons (nobles) traditional rights