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T Here are six cards with
reasons why Edward
would want to build sucha
huge castle in Wales, Read
each card, then put these
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Edward's main castles were
bullt by the sea so that the
English could control trade,
e.g, buying and selling food.
The work on the castle at
Caernarfon included building a
new port,
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A Never again
In 1276, Edward | and Llywelyn
the Last made a deal. Llywelyn
broke this in 1282 when he
} attacked English castles.
Edward sent an army to crush
Liywelyn, and after 1284
Wales was ruled from England.
Caernarfon Castle was built to
make sure there would be no
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D Protecting settlers
From the twelith century,
English families settled in
Wales, The problem was that
many Welsh people were not
too happy to have them there.
A castle could protect settlers
from angry locals.
B End of Welsh rule
Ly
The last of the Welsh princes
| —Liywelyn the Greatand
Llywelyn the Last - sometimes
stayed at the wooden castle
at Caernarfon. Bulldinga large
stone castle would be an |
| | important sign of the end of the
| | rule of the Welsh princes.
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H E That's cheap!
|_| Castles werea cheap way of
[>] controlling a country. Although
H expensive to build, theywere |
| \] cheap to run. Acastle only |
| | needed a small numberof
| defenders because it was so
} | well designed and so strong.
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\ 2 F Ruling =
| The king's officials could run I f |
\ } acountryfromacastle.The | _— tA
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