WorksheetsWho Will Be King?
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Decision 1. Your brother, king Richard, has died. Arthur, your 12-year-old nephew, says he should be king. He is supported by the barons in Brittany, Anjou and Poitou and by Philip Augustus, the King of France. You are supported by the barons in England and Normandy. Do you
Agree to share the empire with Arthur.
You have yourself crowned king and then meet with Arthur to discuss an agreement.
Have yourself crowed king and then go to war against Arthur and France.
Decision 2. Arthur allied with the King of France against you. You capture him. He is now 14 and was leading an army against you. What should you do with him?
Set him free after he swears to be loll to you in the future.
Keep him as a prisoner.
Execute him in secret.
Decision 3. You have lost the war with France and all your lands across the English Channel. What will you do about this?
Discuss the problem with your barons and accept their decisions because you need them to fight and pay taxes for your army.
Plan to win back your lands, whether your barons support you or not.
Accept your defeat and give up hope of winning back the empire your father and brother built up.
Decision 4. You need money to pay soldiers to fight for you. Do you raise money by.....
Double the taxes paid by landowners when they inherit their lands.
Multiply by ten the taxes paid by landowners when they inherit their lands or even more if you can get away with it.
Consulting the barons about how much tax to collect.
Decision 5. The Archbishop of Canterbury has died. The monks at Canterbury have chosen a new archbishop although in the past the king has claimed the right to choose the Archbishop. Do you....?
Accept the monk's choice.
Make your own choice and force them to accept your choice for Archbishop.
Ask the pope to arrange an agreement.
Decision 6. The Pope chooses Stephen Langton as the new Archbishop. He says that if you do not accept Langton he will announce an interdict on England. This means no church services can be held so no one can be married, christened or buried on church land. Do you..?
Accept the pope's choice because you think Langton will be a good Archbishop.
Refuse to accept Langton because the pope has no right to interfere in your country.
Decision 7. You are just about to invade Wales when you hear that some of your barons are planning to murder you. Do you...?
Abandon your invasion of Wales and return to deal with the barons themselves.
Order the rebellious barons to send their sons as hostages and carry on with the invasion. Tell the barons you'll execute their sons if they rebel against you!
Decision 8. You are still worried about rumors of rebellions and plots among your barons. Do you...?
Bring in foreign advisers and soldiers who you can trust. Give them important castles and lands to make sure they are loyal.
Agree to discuss the way you are ruling the country.
Decision 9. You want to invade France to win back your lands but the barons in the north are refusing to fight for you or to pay scutage, a tax paid by lords who do not join your army themselves. Do you ...?
Abandon your plans to invade France.
Threaten the barons who do not fight or pay scutage with severe punishments.
Decision 10. You invaded France but the King of France beat your army at the battle of Bouvines. The barons are still complaining about high taxes, your foreign advisers and the way you run the country. There are still no church services being held because of your quarrel with the Pope and he is threatening to help the King of France invade England. However the Pope suggests a peace agreement if you accept Langton as archbishop. Do you...?
Refuse the pope's offer to end the quarrel.
Agree to Langton becoming the archbishop.
Decision 11. Now the King of France is threatening to invade England and some of the rebellious barons might help him if you do not make an agreement with them. They want you to reduce taxes, throw out your foreign advisers and soldiers and agree to consult the barons about how you govern the kingdom. Do you...?
Tell them you were chosen by God to be king and can do whatever you wish.
Agree reluctantly to the agreement.
Decision 12. You agreed to Magna Carta but only because you were forced to. Now the rebels are starting to disagree among themselves. Do you....?
Build up your army to attack the rebel barons and put an end to the agreement in the Magna Carta.
Hold meetings to get the barons to work together in the hope that they will help you invade France and win back your lands there.
