Notes.

Alfred The Great - had the Anglo and Saxons come together to be Anglo-Saxons

Edward The Confessor - last Anglo-Saxon king, he had no direct aire

Battle of Hastings - top 100 battles of world history, lasted less than a week, in 1066, between Harold Godwinson and William the Duke of Normandee

Harold Godwinson - Edward's brother-in-law, they thought he should be new king

William defeats Harold, William is given title "William the Conqueror"

William was Edward's cousin from France, and first to collect a census

William does -
1) Starts collecting taxes

Shyers - people who collected data of census (sheriffs). they wrote info down in the Domesday Book, which came to be the Doomsday Book

Henry II - succeeds Henry I, who succeeded William

Henry II was the grandson of William. His best friend was Thomas Beckett, archbishop of Canturbary. Henry II made a new law Thomas didn't like, so Thomas goes to talk to him one day. They get in a big argument and Henry says out of anger "I just wish he would die". Little did he know, his knights were eavesdropping outside. The knights thought they were taking Henry's orders and followed Thomas to Canturbary. They stabbed him to death at the altar in the church on Christmas Eve.

John - Henry II's son, succeeded him. wanted to have a war with everybody. started taxing ridiculously (up to 87%)

People meet in 1215 at Running Meed - conspire to fight against King John. force him to sign Magna Carta, one of the foundations of U.S. Constitution.

Magna Carta - protected liberties of nobles, limied rights for ordinary people, King John cannot collect new or special taxes with consent of Greast Counsil, King John cannot take property without paying, promised not to sell, refuse, or delay justice, let any accused person be judged by a jury of their peers. It made King John had to obey the law or face revolt and overthrow.