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Rise of England/France(Pages 164-170
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Henry III
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Increased taxes and treated foreigners better than the Englishmen.
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Earl Simon de Montfort
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Took control of the government and called the first meeting of Parliament in 1265
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Edward I
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The first pure Englishman to sit on the throne since the Norman conquest. Nicknamed "Longshanks"
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Bills
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Precise petitions that members of Parliament would present to the king for his enactment before they would agree to new taxes.`
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Edward II
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Was manipulated by a group of selfish men and was forced to abdicate
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Edward III
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Unified the people and the Parliament increased in power and divided into two institutions under him.
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House of lords
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Consisted of the great church leaders and nobles
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House of Commons
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Consisted of representatives of the English nation
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Llewellyn Prince of Wales
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Refused to pay homage to Edward I and was slain
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Wales
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Restless Celtic tribe that often withheld tribute and refused homage
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Scotland
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Was brought into the English kingdom, but revolted under Sir William Wallace, the national hero of Scotland
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Robert the Bruce
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Represented the Scottish nobles and fought the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314 with Edward II
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Hundred Year's War
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The clash between England and France that lasted from 1337 to 1453
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Crecy, Poitiers, and Agincourt
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Where England won several famous battles over France
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Joan of Arc
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A peasant girl who led the French army into battle, but was captured and executed by the English
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Calais
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The only port that the English owned after the Hundred Year's War
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Richard II
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The last Plantagenet King
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King Henry IV
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Formerly Henry of Lancaster and began the dynasty of the House of Lancaster
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War of Roses
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The war between the Yorks and Lancasters in 1455
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King Edward IV
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Formerly Edward the Duke of York
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Battle of Bosworth Field
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The end of the War of Roses in 1485
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Henry Tudor
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Became Henry VII, the first Tudor King of England
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France
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Developed after the Treaty of Verdun and named for the Franks
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Hugh Capet
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Started the Capetian line of kings in 987 and marked the start of the modern French nation
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Ile-de-France
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The small patch of land centered on Paris that Hugh Capet owned
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Philip II
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Made the French monarchy stronger than any other single noble in France
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Louis IX
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Also named St. Louis. France was the most powerful country in Europe at the end of his reign.
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Philip IV
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Arrested the Pope and initiated the "Babylonian Captivity of the Papacy"
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Boniface VIII
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Arrested by Philip IV
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Estates-General
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The French version of Parliament
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House of Valois
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Claimed the throne of France in 1328
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