Rise of Democratic Thought

In these legal documents, Henry II created royal courts with juries to decide if someone was guilty or innocent using written or oral [verbal] evidence.

• Habeas Corpus

• Model Parliament

• The Magna Carta

• Constitutions of Clarendon

The legal idea that a person accused of a crime cannot be jailed forever without first being charged with a crime...

• Habeas Corpus

• Model Parliament

• The Magna Carta

• Constitutions of Clarendon

Which of the following greatly influenced the modern idea that governments should not be able to tax people without their permission?

• Habeas Corpus

• Model Parliament

• The Magna Carta

• Constitutions of Clarendon

This famous document was written in 1215 and limited the king's power and strengthened the rights of nobles

• Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

• The Magna Carta

• Constitutions of Clarendon

What important ideas came out of the Model Parliament that influenced modern democratic thought and government? [Choose 2]

• the government cannot tax the people without their permission

• Everyone should be allowed to participate in government and vote.

• Government should representatives from all over the country.

• courts and juries should decide who is guilty or innocent by using written or oral evidence

Why was the Roman Catholic Church primarily upset with Henry II's push to take back legal power in the Constitutions of Clarendon?

• cases were tried by trial by ordeal and not trial by combat

• clergy accused of crimes were tried in royal courts and not Church courts

• people could no longer simply be jailed or executed for no legal reason

• cases were then tried before a royal courts and juries

Why did the barons (nobles) of King John force him to sign the Magna Carta at Runnymede? [Select ALL that APPLY]

• he had given the them the right of habeas corpus

• he had imprisoned people without telling them their crime and didn't let them go

• he had established a Model Parliament in England

• he had imposed heavy taxes on the barons to fight expensive wars

Which of the following made it possible for people accused of a crime to not be jailed forever without first being charged with a crime?

• Habeas Corpus

• Model Parliament

• The Magna Carta

• Constitutions of Clarendon

A government in which both nobles and common people participated in government from all over England.

• Habeas Corpus

• Model Parliament

• The Magna Carta

• Constitutions of Clarendon

What important ideas came out of the Constitutions of Clarendon that influenced modern democratic thought and government?

• Everyone should be allowed to participate in government and vote.

• courts and juries should decide who is guilty or innocent by using written or oral evidence

• a person accused of a crime cannot be put in jail without being first charged with breaking the law.

• the government cannot tax the people without their permission