Causes of Rebellion (Edward IV)

Question 1

Who did the rebels of Kett’s rebellion 1549 dislike?

Answer 1

Duke of Somerset

Question 2

Religious causes of Kett’s rebellion 1549

Answer 2

The rebels had a desire for well educated clergymen

Question 3

Religious causes of Western rebellion 1549

Answer 3

Introduction of a new protestant prayer book in English

Question 4

Economic causes of Western rebellion

Answer 4

Introduction of a poll tax on sheep, 1548 was a particularly bad harvest

Question 5

What was the poll tax on sheep? (As in how much did people have to pay)

Answer 5

0.42p for every sheep and 0.21p for every pound of woolen cloth

Question 6

Why was the poll tax on sheep introduced?

Answer 6

Somerset wanted to prevent farmers from converting arable land to farm sheep

Question 7

How many Western rebellion demands were religious?

Answer 7

13 out of 14

Question 8

How many Pilgrimage of Grace demands were religious?

Answer 8

9 out of 24

Question 9

Who was the Earl of Northumberland

Answer 9

John Dudley

Question 10

Main cause of Kett’s rebellion 1549

Answer 10

Enclosures - the rioters thought they were acting legally as the Duke of Somerset had issued a proclamation against illegal enclosures - Enclosures left peasants with nowhere to graze their animals and some landowners were forcing peasants off their farms so they could convert arable land into pasture for sheep