Warm-Up B2

Answer the 1 question in the second concept column – Manor System. Also do your SECOND Frayer Model using the second concept column.

Blue book pages 121, 542 & 639 Name______________Date________Per. ____

LABEL:• France• Spain• Portugal• England• Ireland• Scotland• Holy Roman

Empire • Norway

“Scandinavia”• Italy• Byzantine

Empire• Rome• Athens

• Mediterranean Sea

• North Sea• Atlantic Ocean

France

Holy RomanEmpire

England

Ireland

Scotland

Spain

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Norway“Scandinavia”

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Athens

Atlantic Ocean

Mediterranean Sea

North Sea

Byzantine Empire

Centralizing of a Feudal State

• William the Conqueror did not just bring feudalism to England, but strong leadership as well.

• England’s feudalism continued to centralize under the English kings and the lords lost power.

• The nobles (lords) rejected this growing power of the monarchy and rebelled against King John.

What began to happen to England's Feudalism after William the Conqueror?

How did the English nobles feel about the growing power of the English monarchy?

EconomicsCentralizing of a Feudal State

• King John was defeated by the nobles, and they wrote up a document called the Magna Carta which the king was forced to sign.

Why did King John sign the Magna Carta if it would limit his power?

Magna Carta

• The Magna Carta was one of history’s most important democratic documents.

• This “Great Charter” set forth basic rights of the English people.

• Originally these rights were only meant for the English nobles for the purpose of restoring their power, and limiting the power of the king.

Why is the Magna Carta important?

Who was the Magna Carta originally meant for, and what was its purpose?

Magna Carta

• Overtime the rights laid out in the Magna Carta were applied to all English citizens.

• Rights/Principles:1. Rule of Law2. Representative Assemblies3. Right to Approve Taxes4. Due Process: Habeas Corpus(evidence of a crime and guilt was required to imprison a suspect)5. Trial by Jury

What were a few of the rights of principles set forth by the Magna Carta?

• The Magna Carta established The Great Council.

• This council was supposed to advise the king of England.

• Overtime this council became known as Parliament, and it would become more powerful than the monarch.

• Parliament is one of the first democratic/legislative bodies in modern Europe.

What did the Magna Carta create and how did it develop over time?

Magna Carta

Effects of the Magna Carta

• The Magna Carta would weaken feudalism and its hierarchy as it began to promote a sense of democracy.

• This influence was not just felt in England, but throughout the rest of Europe.

• The rebellious actions of the Nobles also became a precedent for a way to limit the power of government, and to promote democracy.

What were the effects of the Magna Carta on medieval society?

Can you recall any incident in history that might have been inspired by the rebellious actions of the English Nobles?

1. What began to happen to England's Feudalism after William the Conqueror?

2. How did the English nobles feel about the growing power of the English monarchy?

3. Why did King John sign the Magna Carta if it would limit his power?4. Why is the Magna Carta important?5. Who was the Magna Carta originally meant for, and what was its

purpose?6. What were a few of the rights of principles set forth by the Magna

Carta?7. What did the Magna Carta create and how did it develop over time?8. What were the effects of the Magna Carta on medieval society?9. Can you recall any incident in history that might have been inspired

by the rebellious actions of the English Nobles?