Quick Write 8-25-10

•What did Renaissance mean?•What was the purpose of the Reformation?

The Magna Carta and Robin Hood

How fiction reflects real history

Remember: Democracy had been developing•The Greeks had developed the initial

roots of democracy•The Romans adapted it

▫Created a Republic•Judaism and Christianity spread the

ideas of individual worth •It would be in England that

democracy finally takes root!

• 1066, William of Normandy defeated the Anglo-Saxons

• William then took the English throne

Results:• Ended feudalism &

economic system of the Middle Ages

• began centralized government in England

• Henry II, one of William’s descendants, began developing democratic ideas in England

A little bit of democracy might

be good.

King Henry

•His greatest achievement:▫Created Juries and Common Law

•What did that mean?▫People were tried by a jury not a royal

judge▫Unified England under a “common Law” for

the WHOLE kingdom

• In the past, people were tried in Feudal

courts or sent to a duel or physically painful

dangerous acts to survive

• Henry’s new innovation led to a royal judge and 12 men asking questions of the accused

• Most people found this more just

• Common Law: reflected customs and principals established over time

NEW WAY

OLD WAY

Medieval torture

Background:

•King Richard the Lionhearted

•Prince John, later king

•Not so popular•Taxes

▫Tax the poor▫Tax the rich

• In 1215 angry nobles rebelled against the king and forced him to grant guarantees of certain traditional and political rights.

• They presented these demands in the Magna Carta.

• Respect for individual rights and liberties

• Due process of law-King could not unrightfully punish his subjects

• King could not levy taxes without the consent of Parliament

• Magna Carta was significant because it limited the power of the monarch (King/Queen)

The Magna Carta:• Cost monarchs absolute

power • protect the rights and

liberties • creating a ParliamentParliament: • England’s national

legislature• House of Commons:

Knights and Burgesses• House of Lords: Nobles

and Bishops

Absolute Power is no more!

• In 1689 people were unhappy with King James

• his disregard for Parliament and being Catholic

• Afraid of a Catholic Dynasty

• Citizens forced him out of Power, replaced him with his protestant daughter, Mary

• Before assuming the throne the new Queen and her husband had to swear acceptance of the English Bill of Rights.

• This change in power came to be known as the Glorious Revolution.

• Monarch’s power was now restricted by the constitution and the laws of the country

• Rights and liberties were essential to people

• This Glorious Revolution left an important legacy. It suggested there were times when Revolution was justified.

QUIZ ON DEMOCRACY SO FAR…ARE YOU ON TARGET?

•Take out a separate sheet of paper.

•Put your name on the top•Label “Democracy Quiz”•Number 1-8•You only need about a half sheet

• Monarchy• Democracy• Oligarchy• Republic• Aristocracy• Divine Right

• Plato• Aristotle• Socrates• Islam• Judaism• Christianity

1. Ruled by a small group of wealthy people2. Taught through question-answer3. Citizens control the state directly by

voting4. Limited the power of the king5. Not one of the major monotheistic

religions6. Basis of the legal system that unified

England7. Government developed by Romans, that

elected officials8. Felt people should be rule by philosopher

kings

• Hinduism• Magna Carta• Common Law• Glorious RevolutionUse the words above to

answer the questions below

Your Assignment

You will be creating a chart to demonstrate the change in powers and control by a king.

1. You will show and describe a king’s rule in absolute power.

2. You will show and describe a king’s rule after the Magna Carta take affect.

3. You will show and describe the increased control of parliament and the overthrown king

4. You will show and describe the effects of the Glorious Revolution and the English Bill of Rights