1. Late Middle Ages The Black Death Popes at Avignon 1305-1377
What was the Great Famine?
What happened to Europe’s population as a result of the Bubonic Plague?
Why did the Great Famine lead to more deaths from the plague?
What caused the plague?
Economic Consequences
Anti-Semitism:
How did it affect Jews?
Popes at Avignon
Pope Boniface VIII v.
King Philip IV
Pope Clement V
What happened to the Pope’s power in 1300?
What did Pope Gregory XI do before he died?
Who replaced him?
Who supported him?
The Great Schism
Why do you think people lost faith in the papacy?
How did French cardinals react?
The Hundred Years’ War
Political Recovery
What countries were involved?
Who as Joan of Arch?
Who won?
How did Louis XI build a strong state in France?
How die Henry VIII build a strong state in England?
How did Isabella and Ferdinand rule Spain?

2. Late Middle Ages The Black Death Popes at Avignon 1305-1377
What was the Great Famine?
What happened to Europe’s population as a result of the Bubonic Plague?
Why did the Great Famine lead to more deaths from the plague?
What caused the plague?
Economic Consequences
Anti-Semitism:
How did it affect Jews?
Popes at Avignon
Pope Boniface VIII v.
King Philip IV
Pope Clement V
What happened to the Pope’s power in 1300?
What did Pope Gregory XI do before he died?
Who replaced him?
Who supported him?
The Great Schism
Why do you think people lost faith in the papacy?
How did French cardinals react?
The Hundred Years’ War
Political Recovery
What countries were involved?
Who as Joan of Arch?
Who won?
How did Louis XI build a strong state in France?
How die Henry VIII build a strong state in England?
How did Isabella and Ferdinand rule Spain?

3. The Magna Carta Magna Carta (1215) U.S. Bill of Rights (1791)
What does “magna carta” mean?
Why was King John considered one of the worst kings in history?
What is the most famous clause of the Magna Carta?
Why did civil war break out in England after the Magna Carta was signed?
What two documents were influenced by the Magna Carta?
What is the Magana Carta’s most important legacy?
Compare and contrast the Magna Carta and the U.S. Bill of Rights by using the information below to create a Venn diagram in your notebook.
Magna Carta (1215)
Historical Importance: Granted traditional English liberties and established the right to due process of law. These are the most important articles:
1. Freedom of religion.
12. No taxation unless approved by legislature; no tax without representation.
13. London’s liberties; each city has its own liberties.
38. No one will be put to trial without reliable witness.
39. No free man will be arrested or imprisoned except by lawful judgment of his peers.
40. No one will refuse or delay justice.
41. Merchants have the right of free unrestricted travel.
42. English subjects may leave the kingdom and return safely as they please.
63. The English church shall be free.
Men shall have and hold the aforesaid liberties; the king and the baron have taken an oath that the aforesaid shall be observed in good faith.
U.S. Bill of Rights (1791)
Historical Importance: First 10 amendment to the U.S. Constitution
Freedom of religion, press, speech, assembly, and petition of the government
Right to keep and bear arms
No quartering of soldiers in peacetime
Freedom from search and seizures (but permitted with a search warrant)
Protection of the accused: grand jury; the accused cannot be witness against himself; due process of law.
Rights of the accused: right to a speedy and public trial; to be informed of the nature of the accusations; right to a lawyer; witnesses for and against the accused
Trial by jury: right to trial by a jury of peers
No excessive fines (bail); no cruel and unusual punishment
Other rights are retained by the people
Powers not delegated to the federal government are reserved for the states and the people

4. The Magna Carta Magna Carta (1215) U.S. Bill of Rights (1791)
What does “magna carta” mean?
Why was King John considered one of the worst kings in history?
What is the most famous clause of the Magna Carta?
Why did civil war break out in England after the Magna Carta was signed?
What two documents were influenced by the Magna Carta?
What is the Magana Carta’s most important legacy?
Compare and contrast the Magna Carta and the U.S. Bill of Rights by using the information below to create a Venn diagram in your notebook.
Magna Carta (1215)
Historical Importance: Granted traditional English liberties and established the right to due process of law. These are the most important articles:
1. Freedom of religion.
12. No taxation unless approved by legislature; no tax without representation.
13. London’s liberties; each city has its own liberties.
38. No one will be put to trial without reliable witness.
39. No free man will be arrested or imprisoned except by lawful judgment of his peers.
40. No one will refuse or delay justice.
41. Merchants have the right of free unrestricted travel.
42. English subjects may leave the kingdom and return safely as they please.
63. The English church shall be free.
Men shall have and hold the aforesaid liberties; the king and the baron have taken an oath that the aforesaid shall be observed in good faith.
U.S. Bill of Rights (1791)
Historical Importance: First 10 amendment to the U.S. Constitution
Freedom of religion, press, speech, assembly, and petition of the government
Right to keep and bear arms
No quartering of soldiers in peacetime
Freedom from search and seizures (but permitted with a search warrant)
Protection of the accused: grand jury; the accused cannot be witness against himself; due process of law.
Rights of the accused: right to a speedy and public trial; to be informed of the nature of the accusations; right to a lawyer; witnesses for and against the accused
Trial by jury: right to trial by a jury of peers
No excessive fines (bail); no cruel and unusual punishment
Other rights are retained by the people
Powers not delegated to the federal government are reserved for the states and the people