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England Develops Democracy

England Develops Democracy. England Develops Democracy. Learning Points Understand the origins of the Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights Analyze the history of Britain. England Develops Democracy. England was a former Roman colony that had converted to Christianity.

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England Develops Democracy

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  1. England Develops Democracy

  2. England Develops Democracy • Learning Points • Understand the origins of the Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights • Analyze the history of Britain

  3. England Develops Democracy • England was a former Roman colony that had converted to Christianity. • After 400, they turned to feudalism as a form of government.

  4. England Develops Democracy • Feudalism • A loosely organized system of rule where a lord divides his land among lesser lords • KING (1) • Lord (4) • knight (15) • Peasant (80)

  5. England Develops Democracy • 1066 – The Anglo-Saxon’s battled the Normans for the throne of England. • The Norman, William the Conqueror won. • All lords had to swear allegiance to him. • Did a census and made efficient tax system

  6. England Develops Democracy • What is feudalism?

  7. England Develops Democracy • 1154 – Henry II established the English “common law” with professional judges and a legal code. • Used over all of England • Reintroduced the jury

  8. England Develops Democracy • Henry’s son John funded wars in France and with the church by heavy taxes and abuses on the nobles. • They rebelled and forced him to sign a guarantee of their rights • The Magna Carta

  9. England Develops Democracy • The Magna Carta protected: • Nobles privileges • Everyone has freedom from arbitrary arrest • The right against taxes not passed by a council of nobles

  10. England Develops Democracy • The council of nobles came to be called Parliament and is still used today. • Every time a king needed money, he needed to give more rights to the people. • House of Lords • House of Commons

  11. England Develops Democracy • Following the Hundred Years’ War, Henry VIII came to power (1509-47) • Split with the Catholic Church. • England becomes the most powerful Protestant nation.

  12. England Develops Democracy • Name two things the Magna Carta protected.

  13. England Develops Democracy • His daughter Elizabeth I (1558-1603) took over and led England into a firmly Protestant golden age.

  14. England Develops Democracy • How did Parliament help the British people gain more freedom?

  15. England Develops Democracy • When Elizabeth died without an heir, a Catholic family (Stuarts) took the throne and began fighting with Protestants and Parliament. • Absolute monarchs

  16. England Develops Democracy • 1642-1649 – The English Civil War • A Puritan general named Oliver Cromwell defeated the Stuarts and executed the king.

  17. England Develops Democracy • People quickly tired of Cromwell’s Puritan “Rule of the Saints” and restored the executed king’s son to rule. • His brother was a strong Catholic and another civil war looked likely

  18. England Develops Democracy • Parliament invited some Dutch protestant royalty to take the throne on the condition they sign a bill of rights.

  19. England Develops Democracy • They accept and William and Mary take the throne in a bloodless revolution. • The English Bill of Rights created:

  20. England Develops Democracy • No cruel punishment • No excessive fines • The right of “habeas corpus”: • The accused must be charged with a crime before they can be put in jail.

  21. England Develops Democracy • Who created the “Rule of Saints” in England?

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