Notes

Alfred The Great - had the Anglo and Saxons come together to be Anglo-Saxons

Edward The Confessor - last Anglo-Saxon king, he had no direct aire

Battle of Hastings - top 100 battles of world history, lasted less than a week, in 1066, between Harold Godwinson and William the Duke of Normandy

Harold Godwinson - Edward's brother-in-law, they thought he should be new king

William defeats Harold, William is given title "William the Conqueror"

William was Edward's cousin from France, and first to collect a census

Shyers - people who collected data of census (sheriffs). they wrote info down in the Domesday Book, which came to be the Doomsday Book

April 15 is Tax day

Henry II - succeeds Henry I, who succeeded William

Henry II was the grandson of William.

Henry II’s best friend was Thomas Becket. Henry II made a new law involving the church but Thomas didn't like the law so he went to talk Henry. Thomas and Henry II got in a big argument and Henry says out of anger "I just wish he would die". Henry II didn’t know that his knights were eavesdropping outside and heard everything he had said. The knights thought Henry was giving them orders and they followed Thomas to Canterbury. At Canterbury they stabbed him to death at the altar in the church on Christmas Eve.

John  was Henry II's son and he succeeded him.

John wanted to have a war with everybody. Then he started to tax the people ridiculously. Some was up to 87%

People meet in 1215 at Running Meed - conspire to fight against King John. To force him to sign Magna Carta, which was one of the foundations of U.S. Constitution.

Magna Carta is Latin for great charter

Magna Carta protected liberties of nobles and limited the rights for ordinary people King John agreed not to collect new or special taxes without the consent of Great Council. King John promised not to take property without paying. He also promised not to sell, refuse, or delay justice,or  let any accused person be judged by a jury of their peers.