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17 Cards in this Set
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Who was the youngest son of King Henry II? |
King John |
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When was King John born? |
December 24th 1167 |
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Who was King John's brother? |
King Richard the Lionheart |
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What was King John's nickname? |
Lackland as he was not left any land by his father. |
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When did King John become King? |
1199 |
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What did John do whie his brother was away on a crusade? |
He plotted against his brother with King Philip of France. |
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Who is the first King to have been accused of murder? |
King John us said to have murdered his 12 year old nephew in a drunken rage. |
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Why did King John raise taxes? |
To pay for his armies to try and win back lost land in France. |
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What happened in 1215 when King John broke the terms of the Magna Carta? |
Civil war ensued. |
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Who forced King John to sign the Magna Carta? |
The barons (who he didn't trust) |
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What did villein/serf mean? |
An unfree peasant |
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Who did the Magna Carta give the most power to? |
The barons as they were allowed to strip the King off his land if he abused the law. |
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How many clauses were there in the Magna Carta? |
63 |
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When did King John die? |
October 19th 1216 |
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Who became King after John? |
His 9 year old son King Henry III (giving the barons power) |
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When was the Magna Carta reissued? |
In 1255 but it was a shortened version with only 37 clauses. Initially it failed but it did prove successful over the next 20-30 years. |
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What other countries did the Magna Carta affect? |
The Magna Carta affected several other countries which used its rules including America and France after the late 1700's. |
