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Early Government

Magna Carta

Question: ________was forced to sign the Magna Carta because of an armed uprising against the throne.
Answer: John 1

Question: The Magna Carta is_________________...
Answer: a document that limited the kings power and protected the nobles rights.

Question: The Magna Carta includes...
Answer: church freedom, trial by jury, freedom from taxation without cause and consent, and due the process of law.

Question: It also stated that if the king violated its conditions, _____________....
Answer: barons would take up arms against him.

Question: The freedom of the Magna Carta spread throughout civilizations and also, it can be found in one of America's most important documents...
Answer: The Constitution

English Parliament

Question: is the practice of having the members of the Middle Class meet with the clergy and the nobles in the Great Council.
Answer: English Parliament

Question: English Parliament was divided into two Houses...
Answer: House of Lords & House of Commons

Question: What did the two Houses in the English Parliament do?
Answer: Served to advice the king but also had the right to refuse new taxes sought by the king.

Question: What power did the English Parliament have?
Answer: Power to accept and reject new taxes.

Question: Who were included in the House of Lords and House of Commons?
Answer: Nobles and the clergy (House of Lords) & knights (House of Commons)

Edward 1

Question: How long did Edward 1 rule?
Answer: 1272-1307

Question: What was Edward 1?
Answer: One of England's greatest monarchs.

Question: Three branches the King divided his Court:
Answer: The Court of Exchequer, The Court of Common Pleas, & the King's Bench.

Question: What did the three new divided courts do?
Answer: kept track of the kingdom's financial accounts and tried tax cases (Court of Exchequer), heard cases between ordinary citizens (Court of Common Pleas), & conducted trials that concerned the King or the government (King's Bench)

Question: How many branches did King Edward 1 divide the Court into?
Answer: Three

Common Law

Question: What is Common Law?
Answer: The decisions made by the new courts

Question: Why were the decisions considered a Law?
Answer: because it applied equally to all the English people

Question: What did the Common Law do to the USA?
Answer: It helped them get ideas to make their own laws.

Question: Common law is generally "uncodified". What does this mean?
Answer: This means that there is no comprehensive complication of legal rules.

Question: Common law functions as a....
Answer: adversarial system, a contest between two opposing parties before a judge who moderates.

Prince of Wales

Question: What is the Prince of Wales?
Answer: The son of the current reigning King/Queen.

Question: Who was the Prince of Wales from 1100-1135?
Answer: John 1 (First born son of King Henry 1, who was the fourth born son of William the Conquerer)

Question: When did the actual title: "Prince of Wales" come into existence?
Answer: In 1301, once King Edward 1 gave his son the title after the conquest of Wales.

Question: What is the actual definition for "the Prince of Wales"?
Answer: a title traditionally granted to the heir apparent to the British throne (usually the eldest son of the sovereign)

Question: Who is the Current Prince of Wales?
Answer: Prince Charles (the son of the longest reigning monarch in English history, Queen Elizabeth)