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Decline of Feudalism
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What did King Henry II do? | He issued a document that spelled out the king's traditional rights and he insisted a jury formally accuse someone of a crime and heard before a royal judge. |
| What problems did King Henry II cause? | It led to a serious conflict with the church. |
| Who was King John? | He was King Henry II's younger son. |
| What did King John do to make enemies? | Lost lands the English controlled in France and taxed his heavily nobles and ignored their rights.Fought the church and collected money from church properties. |
| How did the nobles address the problems with King John? | The barons forced a meeting with King John and made him sign the Magna Carta |
| What did the Magna Carta do? | The Magna Carta was an agreement between the nobles and the king. |
| Describe the Model Parliament? | King Edward II made this and it included commoners, church officials, and nobles. |
| How did these events lead to the decline of feudalism? | Power was shifting from the lords to the monarchs. Power began shifting towards the common people. |
| Where did the Black Death begin? | It began in Central Asia, possibly China. |
| Where did the Black Death spread? | China, India, Europe, along the Silk Road, Italy by ship, North and West into Europe and England |
| What were the symptoms of the Black Death? | Fever, vomiting, coughing, sneezing, egg sized swelling, bumps, black and blue blotches. |
| What contributed to spread the plague? | Dirty conditions, bacteria carried by fleas on rats, bathing and changing of clothes was not often, streets were filled with human waste, dead animals, and trash. |
| How did the Black Death affect the Jews'? | People blamed the Jews for the plague, prejudice led to being persecuted and forced to leave cities and countries throughout Europe. |
| What did the plague do to the population of Europe? | 24 million Europeans died; China's population was reduced by half. |
| What percent of population died because of plague? | 33% of the worlds population |
| How did the plague affect the feudal system? | The need for workers was high, but there were fewer workers due to the plague. |
| What was the English Peasants' War? | The peasants entered London and presented their demands for more rights to King Richard II. |
| What was the reason for the Hundred Years War? | England and France fought a series of wars over control of lands in France. |
| What's Joan-Of-Arc's story? | Joan of Arc was a 17- year old French peasant girl who claimed she heard voices of saints urging her to save France during the Hundred Years' War. |
| What was the impact of the war on feudalism? | The war helped shift the power from feudal lords to monarchs and common people. |
| What was the impact on military technology? | The invention of the longbow(bow and arrow) was effective against knights on horses. |
| What was the impact on nationalism? | There was a new feeling of nationalism which shifted power away from the lords. |
| What was the impact on peasants? | During the war, peasants were forced to serve in the army and pay heavy taxes often. |