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Jan 1, 1066
William of Normandy
-Defeated King Harold of England
-Took a census of people and livestock
-Applied taxation
-Invented Royal Courts -
Jan 1, 1154
Henry II
-Increased criminal cases in court
-Public outrage towards church
-Common Law: Laws that everyone followed(didn't apply to a certainclass of people) -
Jan 1, 1215
King John
-Created Magna Carta: mutual rights between a king and his vassal(s)
-Decided that a monarchs power was limited and not absolute -
Jan 1, 1300
Edward I
-Created the Parliment: two knights from every country, two people from evry town, and nobles and bishops all over England were part of the rule.