Magna Carta
Other Political Developments
The Bubonic Plague
The Hundred Years' War
Miscellaneous
100

This is another name for Magna Carta.

Great Charter

100

This King made legal reform a central concern of his reign in England

King Henry II.

100

These two things caused the spread of the plague.

fleas, dirty conditions

100

These two countries fought in the Hundred Years' War.

 France and England.

100

King John was forced to sign Magna Carta for this reason.

taxed the nobles too heavily; did not respect nobles' rights

200

This king was forced to sign Magna Carta.

King John

200

This king created the Model Parliament.

Edward I

200

The plague killed this many Europeans.

one third of the population

200

This weapon had advantages over the crossbow.

longbow

200
Many historians believe the bubonic plague started here.

Central Asia

300

Magna Carta was signed in ......

1215


300

King Henry II insisted that people must be accused by this before being arrested.

a jury

300

Terrified people blamed the spread of the plague on these things.

Jewish people, lepers, position of the planets

300

This person inspired the French army.

Joan of Arc

300

After the bubonic plague, the need for this began to shift power from one group to another.

workers

400

The nobles refused to let the king out of this city, until he agreed to sign Magna Carta.

London

400

The Model Parliament included ___________

church officials, low-ranking clergy, nobles, commoners

400

After the bubonic plague, there was a slight shift in power from this group to this group.

the nobles to the common people

400

The French and English were fighting over land in France for this reason.

the English had fiefdoms there

400

The Hundred Years' War strengthened this group.

monarchs

500

This was the the most important idea to come from Magna Carta.

Rule of Law - everyone, even the king, has to obey the law

500

All of the political developments contributed to the development of modern ________________.

democratic institutions (ideas)

500

This happened when nobles tried to return things to how they had been before the plague.

peasant rebellions

500

The Hundred Years' War created a new sense of this.

nationalism

500

These are the beginning and ending dates for the Hundred Years' War.

1337-1453.

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