Foundations Democracy Develops in England

Frenchman who believed he had a claim to the English throne. He invaded England in Sept. 1066 and fought at the battle of Hastings

• Harald Hadrada
• The Vikings
• William the Conqueror
• The Normans

leader of the Saxon Armies

• Harald Hadrada
• Harold Godwinson
• Edward the Confessor
• William the Conqueror

Reign of William II

• 1066-1087

• 1087-1100

• 1100-1135

• 1135-1154

What was the name of the famous battle in which a Norman Lord took over England?

• Battle of Normandy

• Battle of England

• Battle of Hastings

• Battle of Bayeux

Who was Henry II's best friend who later becomes his enemy?

• Thomas Cromwell

• Thomas Aquinas

• Thomas Becket

• Richard the Lionhearted

What was the conflict between Henry II and the Archbishop of Canterbury over?

• the application of royal law to the clergy

• Who gets to choose bishops and priests (lay investiture)

• whether or not the church has to pay taxes

• whether or not the Pope had more power than Henry

Henry's legal system was very centralized (the king held a great deal of power)

• True

• False

Under Henry's common Law who inherited a man's property?

• All his children

• Only his sons

• His eldest son

• His eldest child

The Magna Carta means...

• Grand Document
• Glorious Constitution
• Great Charter
• Magnificent Constitution

What 13th century document established the rights listed below?
- Basic rights of citizens
- Rule of law
- Representative assemblies

• the Constitution
• Napoleonic Code
• the Communist Manifesto
• the Magna Carta

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