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Name: ___________________________________________________ Date: ___________________ Pd: _____

Documents Limiting the English Monarchy: Emoji Edition


Directions: Below you will learn about the Magna Carta, Petition of Right, and English Bill of Rights by reading background information and
excerpts from the documents.
For each excerpt you read, you will create an emoji/symbol that represents that section. Then, you will explain how your emoji represents the
section of the text.
The Magna Carta
In June of 1215, King John agreed to sign the Magna Carta. It’s sometimes called by its full Latin name, Magna Carta
Libertatum, which means “great charter of freedoms.” This document was a massive step toward creating a constitutional
government—one where a king or leader would be limited by a governing document. When English nobles forced King John
to sign the Magna Carta, they were ensuring the political rights of the ruling class and limiting the power of the king.

Read excerpts of the Magna Carta, and then create an emoji/symbol that represents the text.

Magna Carta Text Emoji Representation How This Emoji Represents the Text

“No scutage [tax replacing military


service] nor aid [tax paid to a feudal
lord] shall be imposed in our kingdom,
unless by the common council of our
kingdom…”

“No bailiff [official who carries out


arrests]…shall put any man to his law
upon his own simple affirmation,
without credible witnesses produced
for that purpose.”

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Magna Carta Text Emoji Representation How This Emoji Represents the Text

“No freeman shall be seized,


imprisoned, dispossessed [deprived of
his land], outlawed, or exiled, or in any
way destroyed; nor will we proceed
against or prosecute him except by the
lawful judgment of his peers, or by the
law of the land.”

“To none will we sell, to none will we


deny, to none will we delay right or
justice.”

“… We firmly command that the Church


of England be free, and that the men in
our kingdom have and hold the
aforesaid liberties, rights, and
concessions, well and in peace, freely
and quietly, fully and entirely, to them
and their heirs, of us and our heirs, in
all things and places forever, as is
aforesaid.”

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The Petition of Right


In 1628, members of Parliament sent the Petition of Right to King Charles I. They outlined their complaints against the king and asked
for the king to uphold their rights: no taxation without Parliament’s consent, no unfair imprisonment, no use of the military during
peacetime, and no forced quartering (housing and feeding) of soldiers.

Read excerpts of the Petition of Right, and then create an emoji/symbol that represents the text.

Petition of Right Text Emoji Representation How This Emoji Represents the Text

“Your subjects have of late been


imprisoned without any cause showed…
and yet were returned back to several
prisons, without being charged with
anything…”

“[Your subjects] do therefore humbly pray


your most excellent Majesty, that no man
hereafter be compelled to make or yield
any gift, loan, benevolence, tax, or such
like charge, without common consent by
act of parliament.”
“And whereas of late, great companies of
soldiers and mariners have been dispersed
into…counties of the realm, and the
inhabitants against their wills have been
compelled to receive them into their
houses…to the great grievance and
vexation of the people.”
“…They do therefore humbly pray your
most excellent Majesty…would be pleased
to remove the said soldiers and mariners,
and that your people may not be so
burdened in time to come.”

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English Bill of Rights


After the overthrow of King James II, William III and Mary II became the rulers of England as part of the “Glorious Revolution.” As a
part of this transition, leaders signed the English Bill of Rights in 1689. The English Bill of Rights listed the many ways King James had
“subverted” the freedoms of English people including unfair and expensive taxes, ignoring laws, building a large army in peacetime,
large fines, cruel punishments, and jailing people without a fair trial. This document once again limited the power of the monarchy
and gave certain rights to the English ruling class.

Read excerpts of the English Bill of Rights, and then create an emoji/symbol that represents the text.

English Bill of Rights Text Emoji Representation How This Emoji Represents the Text

“That the pretended power of suspending


the laws or the execution of laws by regal
authority without consent of Parliament is
illegal…”

“That levying [charging] money for or to


the use of the Crown…without grant of
Parliament…is illegal…”

“That the freedom of speech and debates


or proceedings in Parliament ought not to
be impeached or questioned in any court
or place out of Parliament…”

“That excessive bail ought not to be


required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor
cruel and unusual punishments inflicted…”

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