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King John's Power

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King John's Power

King John tried to increase his personal power, to combat the rising power of his barons. This made him very unpopular.

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Taxation

  • King John needed to recover the country’s treasury and modernise the state.
  • King John had to collect more taxes to fund Richard I’s expeditions to the Holy Land. For example, he introduced a tax on the land of noblemen.
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Reducing the power of barons

  • King John was implementing reforms which reduced the power of noblemen.
  • King John did this by modernising his government.
  • This made him very unpopular.
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Controlling the kingdom

  • King John also tried to exert his power over Ireland and Scotland, as well as England.
    • He got the King of Scotland to sign a peace treaty with him.

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1The Medieval World: 450-1450 AD

1.1Anglo-Saxon England

1.2The Contest for the English Throne

1.3Conquering the Holy Land, 10-96-1396 AD

1.4King John

1.5The Magna Carta & Parliament

1.6The Black Death

2Worldviews

3The Empire of Mali

4The Renaissance & Reformations, 1500-1598 AD

5The British Empire, 1583-1960 AD

6The Peasants' Revolt

7Religion in the Middle Ages

8Slavery, 1619-1833 AD

9The English Civil War, 1642-1660

10The Industrial Revolution, 1750-1840

11US Independence, 1775-1783

12The French Revolution, 1789-1815

13The British Empire, 1857–1930

14Suffrage

15World War 1, 1914-1918

16The Inter-War Years, 1919-1939

17World War 2, 1939-1945

18The Cold War, 1947-1962

19Civil Rights in the USA, 1954-1975

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