Why is 2015 a special year in English history?

The Magna Carta

or ‘The Big Idea’ or ‘An Important

Document’

The Successful King Richard the Lionheart

Kings of England

1199 – Richard the

Lionheart died and

his brother John was

crowned king

1189 – Richard the

Lionheart became

king

King John

Crowned -1199

Died -1216

• Demanded money in taxes

• Stole land from his people

• Sold the daughters and widows of barons to make money

• Stole land from the church

King John at Runnymede

63 Ideas and 3 Still Exist:

1.The Rights of the Church

2. The Freedom and Rights of London

3. The Right not to be put in Prison without Good Reason