Magna Carta

Which king was "forced" to sign the Magna Carta in 1215?`

• King James

• King John

• King Louis

• King Henry

The Magna Carta of 1215 started the path to which form of government in modern day England (and therefore Australia)?

• communism

• absolute monarchy

• oligarchy

• parliamentary democracy

This painting shows King John signing a document in 1215. Which groups of people are forcing the King to sign this document?

• knights

• nobles

• peasants

• serfs

Why is the Magna Carta an important document in British (and therefore Australia) history?

• It was the first document to place limits on the king's power

• It outlawed feudalism and gave voting rights to all citizens

• It established Parliament as the nation's legislative body.

To whom did the Magna Carta originally give rights?

• lords (nobles)

• kings

• daimyo

• peasants

Rights protected by the Magna Carta (tick all that apply):

• the right to trial by jury

• the right of the church to be free from governmental interference

• the right to be equal before the law (rule of law - no-one is above the law)

• the right to a free education

• the right of all free citizens to own and inherit property and to be protected from excessive taxes

Clause 1: “FIRST, THAT WE HAVE GRANTED TO GOD, and by this present charter have confirmed for us and our heirs in perpetuity, that the English Church shall be free, and shall have its rights undiminished, and its liberties unimpaired. That we wish this so to be observed, appears from the fact that of our own free will, before the outbreak of the present dispute between us and our barons, we granted and confirmed by charter the freedom of the Church's elections - a right reckoned to be of the greatest necessity and importance to it - and caused this to be confirmed by Pope Innocent III. This freedom we shall observe ourselves, and desire to be observed in good faith by our heirs in perpetuity.“ This clause established:

• right to trial by jury

• the right to be equal before the law (rule of law - no-one is above the law)

• the right of the church to be free from governmental interference

• the right of all free citizens to own and inherit property and to be protected from excessive taxes

Clause 39: “No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled, or deprived of his standing in any way, nor will we proceed with force against him, or send others to do so, except by the lawful judgment of his equals or by the law of the land.“ This clause establishes:

• right to trial by jury

• the right to be equal before the law (rule of law - no-one is above the law)

• the right of the church to be free from governmental interference

• the right of all free citizens to own and inherit property and to be protected from excessive taxes

Clause 61 (also known as the security clause) “….We give and grant to the barons the following security: The barons shall elect twenty-five of their number to keep, and cause to be observed with all their might, the peace and liberties granted and confirmed to them by this charter. If we, our chief justice, our officials, or any of our servants offend in any respect against any man, or transgress any of the articles of the peace or of this security, and the offence is made known to four of the said twenty-five barons, they shall come to us - or in our absence from the kingdom to the chief justice - to declare it and claim immediate redress. If we, or in our absence abroad the chief justice, make no redress within forty days, reckoning from the day on which the offence was declared to us or to him, the four barons shall refer the matter to the rest of the twenty-five barons, who may distrain upon and assail us in every way possible, with the support of the whole community of the land, by seizing our castles, lands, possessions, or anything else saving only our own person and those of the queen and our children, until they have secured such redress as they have determined upon.” This clause established:

• right to trial by jury

• the right to be equal before the law (rule of law - no-one is above the law)

• the right of the church to be free from governmental interference

• the right of all free citizens to own and inherit property and to be protected from excessive taxes

Which picture doesn't represent a right protected by the Magna Carta:

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