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📜 Magna Carta & King John – Year 7
History · Year 7 (KS3) — why the barons rebelled, what was agreed at Runnymede in 1215 and why it still matters
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Questions
In which year did King John put his seal to Magna Carta?
1204
1215
1066
1265
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Where did King John meet the rebel barons to agree to Magna Carta?
Westminster
Canterbury
Hastings
Runnymede
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In 1204 King John lost Normandy. Which French king took it from him?
Louis XIV
Louis IX
Charles V
Philip II
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Why did Pope Innocent III place England under an interdict in 1208?
John tried to divorce his wife
John refused Stephen Langton as Archbishop
John refused to go on crusade
John stopped paying taxes to Rome
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John angered the barons by demanding scutage again and again. What was scutage?
A payment made to inherit land
Money paid instead of military service
A tax paid by the Church to the king
A fine for hunting in royal forests
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Which defeat in 1214 ended John's hopes of winning back Normandy and helped spark the barons' rebellion?
The Battle of Crécy
The Battle of Agincourt
The Battle of Bouvines
The Battle of Hastings
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What did clause 39 of Magna Carta promise?
The king could never raise taxes again
Free men could not be jailed without lawful judgement
Every man and woman could vote for the king
All serfs would be freed from their lords
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What did the 'security clause' (clause 61) of Magna Carta set up?
25 barons who could act if the king broke it
A royal army to guard the barons' lands
A court of bishops to put the king on trial
A parliament elected by all free men
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Why did the 1215 Magna Carta fail within only a few months?
The barons rewrote it to free the serfs
It was destroyed in a fire in London
The Pope declared it invalid at John's request
Parliament voted to cancel it
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Which idea from Magna Carta inspired later documents such as the US Bill of Rights?
The king rules by the will of God alone
The Church should run the government
Only nobles should be allowed to own land
Even the ruler must obey the law
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