JT Peasants Revolt Flashcards
What was the cause of the population decrease
black death killed 1/3 of population - mostly peasants
What was the impact on the feudal system
it couldn,t cope with lack of work force
What was the impact on the lords (4)
1 surviving peasants could decide who they worked for,
2 and for how much
3 . Lords were angry by loss of control , loss of crops and fall i income
What did Edward III do?
passed statue of labourers to try to control the peasants
What did statue of labourers state (2)
1 peasants had to work for pre black death wage, taxes had fallen because less people worked so Richard
2 introduced poll tax - everyone paid same amount- over 2 weeks wages for labourer
What were the consequences of the poll tax? (5)
protests led to serious revolt.
What was the peasants revolt (1) What happened (3)
1 the peasants revolt was the first uprising against royal power by commoners.
2 Many villages eg Sussex/Kent refused to pay tax and threatened tax collectors.
3 The chief justice tried to collect taxes and locals beheaded his clerk.
4 Rebels freed John Ball and Tyler from prison john went to London with crowd and killed Arch Bishop of Canterbury
What happened to Tyler
1 He met with Richard II to ask for villeins to be made freemen.
2 Richard agreed but rebels went on killing spree.
3 King met with Tyler again, he asked for changes to system of law, before he answered one of the kings men killed Tyler.
4 To prevent a riot the king told the crowd he would grant their request
What was the significance of the revolt at the time (2)
1 first time commoner had rebelled against royals. revolt
2 failed as king went back on his word said he was forced and leader were hung.
What were long term significances of revolt (5)
1rebels suceeded in a number of ways
2 never taxed so heavily again,
3 peasant wages continued to rise,
4 more peasants became freemen and bought land, 5 paliament gave up trying to control peasant wages, by 1450 all peasants were free
what were the causes of the revolt
1 social-black death
2 political - Richard was a new inexperienced king spent 5 years fighting 100 years war government tried to control peasants after black death
3 religious - church exploited peasants charging for pardons
4 ecconomic - poll tax
