Unit 1 Lesson 7.1 Political Developments in England

What led to the creation of Magna Carta?

• King John's heavy taxation of his barons
• King John's loss of most of the lands the English had controlled in France
• King John's quarrel with the Catholic Church
• All of the above

What was the purpose of Magna Carta?

• To establish the idea of rights and liberties that even a monarch cannot violate
• To abolish the monarchy altogether

What is habeas corpus?

• The idea that the monarch had the right to collect taxes from Church properties
• The idea that no free man could be jailed except by the lawful judgment of his peers or by the law of the land

What was the role of King Edward I in the development of modern democratic institutions?

• He abolished feudalism altogether
• He called together a governing body called the Model Parliament that included commoners and lower-ranking clergy, as well as high-level Church officials and nobles

How did political developments in England contribute to the decline of feudalism?

• All of the changes strengthened royal authority at the expense of the nobles
• Some of the changes strengthened royal authority at the expense of the nobles, while others eventually shifted some power to the common people

What did King John agree to observe in Magna Carta?

• Church law and the traditional rights of the common people
• Common law and the traditional rights of the nobles and the Church

What was the impact of Magna Carta on the English people?

• They came to regard it as one of the foundations of their rights and liberties
• They ignored it altogether

What was the Model Parliament?

• A governing body that included commoners and lower-ranking clergy, as well as high-level Church officials and nobles
• A governing body that included only high-level Church officials and nobles

What was the impact of Magna Carta on the monarch?

• It established the idea of rights and liberties that even a monarch cannot violate
• It established the Church as the supreme authority in England

What was the impact of Edward I's Model Parliament?

• It gave a voice in government to common people, as well as to nobles
• It established the Church as the supreme authority in England