SSS -King John and the Magna Carta

King John

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Who is this man? Why isn’t he smiling?

Monarchy

Monarchymono = onearcha = leader

δημοκρατία

Democracy

Democracy

Demos = peoplecracy = power

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Europe

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Europe


Europe

Democracy started here, in the ancient city of Athens, Greece,

about 2,500 years ago, around 500 B.C.

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All citizens in Athens wrote the laws in a direct democracy.

Only some people were citizens.

WomenSlaves

People born outside of AthensChildren

Deaf peopleYou cannot vote.


Europe

Later, ancient Romans used democracy in their government.

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The Roman Empire was too big for a direct democracy. Romans voted for representatives to meet in Rome and write laws.

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Lawmakers came from all over the Roman empire.

Lawmakers in Rome were called Senators.

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A meeting of the Roman Senate


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England’s government was a monarchy.

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King John lived in England from 1166 -1216 A.D.

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John ruled England beginning in 1199.

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Have you heard of Robin Hood?

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King John is famous as the cruel king from the Robin Hood stories.

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People remember King John as a mean, foolish leader.He put his mother in jail and tried to steal power from his brother

People called him ‘bad King John.’

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John was a bad leader…or maybe he just had bad luck. He had many problems.

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Problem #1: King John and the pope fought about who controlled the church.

That is my decision, not yours!

I want to choose the new leader

for the church in Canterbury.

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Problem #1: King John and the pope fought about who controlled the church.

You do not obey the church leaders!! King John, you are excommunicated!

I#$%@!!!

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Problem #2:He fought wars with France for many years. He never won. King John lost a lot of land.

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Problem #3: King John borrowed a lot of money to pay for the wars. Now he had to pay back the money.

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I am broke! How can I pay back the money?

Solution: The king could force his barons to pay taxes.

Solution: The king could force his barons to pay taxes.

Shields of the Barons

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The king’s new tax laws were not fair.The barons were fed up with the king.

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The barons secretly prepared a legal document called the Magna Carta.

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The barons asked the king to attend a meeting in the country near the town of Runneymede.

The barons showed King John the Magna Carta.

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I won’t sign the Magna Carta! If I do, I will lose a lot of power!

If King John refused to sign, the barons would refuse to support him.

Shields of the Barons

Now, King John had a new problem:He needed the barons’ support. Without their help, King John would lose more wars.England would become a weak nation.

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The barons forced him to sign it.

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Why was King John angry?How did he lose power?

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What was in the Magna Carta?

Written in Latin


The Magna Carta was a list of rights for all people.

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There were four topics in the Magna Carta.


Topic #1:The Magna Carta said that the King must follow rules when he made new laws about taxes and anything else.


Topic #2:The Magna Carta said that soldiers must have good reasons before searching or arresting people.

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Topic #3: The Magna Carta said that everyone must obey decisions made by judges.


Topic #4:It also said that the king must not interfere with church business.

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The king did not like these laws, but he had no choice.

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He needed the barons’ support.So King John signed his name on the Magna Carta.

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King John’s seal.

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King John signed the Magna Carta in 1215.

Why is the Magna Carta important today in the 21st century?


The ideas in Magna Carta influenced fair government laws in Great Britain.

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The ideas in Magna Carta influenced the United States Constitution, the government laws for the United States.

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If you visit the Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., you can see a picture of King John signing the Magna Carta on the doors.

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If you visit the Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., you can see a picture of King John signing the Magna Carta on the doors.

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King JohnOne of the barons

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Not long after he signed the Magna Carta, King John became very sick.

http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Image:King_John%27s_tomb.jpgHe died in 1216.

Question: Why does King John look different in these pictures?

Answer: Nobody knows what he looked like! All of this art work is imaginative.

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