1. EFFECTS OF THE CRUSADES, PLAGUE AND HUNDRED YEARS WAR

2. WARM UP – October 10
Grab the handouts and answer the following questions on a post it using your notes from Friday –
Who fought in the Crusades? What were they fighting over?
What were the results of the first and second crusades? What agreement was made in the third crusade?
What were the lasting effects of the Crusade in Europe?

3. EFFECTS OF CRUSADES Commercial Revolution
Trade Fairs – expansion of trade and business
Business and Banking
Revival of Learning – Universities
are created
Urban Life Flourishes – people return
To cities

4. BUBONIC PLAGUE 1300s - DEADLY DISEASE
AFFECTED PARTS OF ASIA, NORTH AFRICA, AND EUROPE
DESTROYED SOCIETIES
KILLED ⅓ OF THE POPULATION OF EUROPE

5. EFFECTS OF THE PLAGUE *ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL EFFECTS OF THE PLAGUE
*TOWN POPULATIONS FELL
*TRADE DECLINES
*BELIEF IN THE CHURCH DECLINES
*NOBLES AND PEASANTS FIGHT OVER WAGES
*JEWS WERE BLAMED FOR THE PLAGUE

6. EFFECTS OF THE CRUSADES
*FEUDALISM
*LITTLE TRADE
*NO UNIFICATION IN GOVERNMENT
*POPULATION IS SPREAD OUT AND RURAL

7. EFFECTS OF THE CRUSADES
*END OF FEUDALISM
*LOTS OF TRADING
*STRONG CENTRALIZED GOVERNMENTS
*POPULATION RETURNS TO CITIES

8. ENGLAND AND FRANCE *DEMOCRACY DEVELOPS IN BOTH FRANCE AND ENGLAND
*CENTRALIZED GOVERNMENT
*GOVERN LANDS BOTH NEAR AND FAR AWAY
*COMMON LAW
*COURT SYSTEMS
*INCLUDING COMMONERS IN DECISION MAKING PROCESS
*KINGS FIGHTING AGAINST CHURCH FOR POWER

9. ENGLAND
*GOVERNMENT
*KINGS WANTED TO INCREASE POWER OVER NOBLES AND CHURCH
*NOBLES WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEY HELD ONTO CERTAIN POLITICAL RIGHTS
*NOBLES CREATED A DOCUMENT CALLED THE MAGNA CARTA

10. MAGNA CARTA *GUARANTEED CERTAIN BASIC POLITICAL RIGHTS
*NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION
*RIGHT TO JURY TRIAL
*PROTECTION OF THE LAW

11. MAGNA CARTA
NOBLES WANTED TO GUARANTEE FOR THEMSELVES CERTAIN RIGHTS, LIMIT KING’S POWERS
RIGHTS WERE EVENTUALLY APPLIED TO REGULAR CITIZENS

12. HUNDRED YEARS WAR - ORIGINS
*FRENCH KING DIED WITHOUT A HEIR
*ENGLISH LEADER EDWARD III – A RELATIVE OF FRENCH KINGS CLAIMED OWNERSHIP OF FRENCH THRONE
*EDWARD III LAUNCES ATTACK AGAINST FRANCE – FIGHTING GOES ON AND OFF FROM

13. HUNDRED YEARS WAR - FIGHTING
*ENGLISH USE OF THE LONGBOW
*ABLE TO KILL MANY SOLDIERS FROM A LONG RANGE
*ENGLISH AND FRENCH AGREED TO LET ENGLISH LEADER HENRY V WOULD INHERIT THE CROWN ONCE THE CURRENT FRENCH KING DIED
*JOAN OF ARC, FRENCH PEASANT GIRL, LED A CHARGE BY THE FRENCH ARMY TO FINALLY DEFEAT THE ENGLISH

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15. IMPACT OF HUNDRED YEARS WAR
*STRONG SENSE OF NATIONALISM IN BOTH ENGLAND AND FRANCE
*POWER AND PRESTIGE OF FRENCH MONARCHY INCREASED
*ENGLISH LEADERSHIP FOUGHT AMONGST EACH OTHER OVER WHO SHOULD LEAD