Local Issues Were The Main Cause Of Rebellions Against Henry VII

Question 1

3 factors

Answer 1

Local issues
Dynastic threats
Foreign policy

Question 2

Local issues

Answer 2

• bad harvests and poverty
• corrupt local administrators e.g. in Yorkshire rebellion the earl of Northumberland is murdered; far away from the issues which taxes were being raised for

Question 3

Dynastic threats

Answer 3

• yorkist supporters rising up and challenging HVII as Lancastrian king
• Lovell, simnel, stoke and perkin warbeck made more serious by foreign support (e.g. Margaret of burgundy)

Question 4

Foreign policy

Answer 4

• foreign support for pretenders
• wars with Scotland and France - caused taxes to be raised and therefore cause issues

Question 5

Conclusion

Answer 5

Local issues were the most significant issue for those who participated in the rebellions in Yorkshire and the south west. But the main support for the pretenders came from those who challenged the authority of HVII.