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A. Magna Carta

B. Doomsday Book

C. New Testament

D. The Stock List

To find out about the lands of England and their owners, so that everybody might be made to pay taxes, William appointed officers in all the towns to report what estates there were, who owned them, and what they were worth. The reports were copied into two volumes, called the "Domesday Book." This book showed that England at that time had a population of a little more than a million.

A. Attacked London with his cannons.

B. Declared a curfew.

C. He didn't, he retreated to Normandy.

D. He partnered with the King of France and invaded again.

He made a law that all lights should be put out and fires covered with ashes at eight o'clock every evening, so that the people would have to go to bed then. A bell was rung in all cities and towns throughout England to warn the people of the hour. The bell was called the "curfew," from the French words "couvre feu," meaning "to cover fire."

A. English Noblemen rebelled against him.

B. King Harrod of Denmark attacked and claimed the thrown.

C. England remained peaceful after seeing war for so long.

D. The King of France started to maneuver his army into London and claim the crown.

While he was gone many of the English nobles rebelled against him, and on his return he made very severe laws and did some very harsh things.

A. With an iron fist.

B. He went back to Normandy and allowed an Englishman to become King.

C. He ruled with moderation changing few of the laws and customs.

D. He introduced French law and created a constitution.

Once becoming King, William ruled England with moderation. The laws and customs were not changed.

A. The Battle of Leeds.

B. The Battle of London.

C. The Battle of Hastings.

D. The Battle of Brittany.

The Battle of Hastings (14 October 1066) was the decisive Norman victory in the Norman Conquest of England. The battle took place at Senlac Hill, approximately 6 miles north-west of Hastings.

A. Blood line through his aunt.

B. Stated that Edward the Confessor had promised it to him while in exile.

C. Stated that the other heir to the thrown had sworn allegiance to William.

D. All of the above.

Upon the death of the childless Edward the Confessor, the English throne was fiercely disputed by three claimants -- William, Harold Godwinson, the powerful Earl of Wessex, and the Viking King Harald III of Norway. William had a tenuous blood claim through his great aunt Emma. William also contended that Edward, who had spent much of his life in exile in Normandy during the Danish occupation of England, had promised him the throne when he visited Edward in London in 1052. Further, William claimed that Harold had pledged allegiance to him in 1064: William had rescued the shipwrecked Harold from the count of Ponthieu, and together they had defeated Conan II, Count of Brittany. On that occasion, William had knighted Harold; he had also, however, deceived Harold by having him swear loyalty to William himself over the concealed bones of a saint.