Religious Causes Of Rebellion - Wyatt's Rebellion (1554)

Question 1

Why was their a religious undertone to the Wyatt rebellion?

Answer 1

Because Kent was a strongly Protestant county and had been at the forefront of reform since the 1930s and many were worried about Mary’s marriage to Phillip would lead to more Roman Catholicism

Question 2

Which main leader of the Wyatt Rebellion came from Kent?

Answer 2

Wyatt

Question 3

Why was Wyatt reluctant to play the religious card?

Answer 3

Wyatt thought that xenophobia would generate greater support nationally

Question 4

What was the reasons why Wyatt though the xenophobia card would be stronger?

Answer 4

Many protestant, a minority in England in 1553 though not tiny, would not of though they would of been a threat so early in Mary’s reign while most English hated foreigners