the war of the roses

• What was the War of the Roses? the conflict between nobles in England who sought to control the monarchy
• Why did Richard III become unpopular? because people believed he murdered his 2 young nephews
• Who was Lambert Simnel? - Had no royal blood

  - was an imposter

  - the main figurehead of the Simnel rebellion.

  - pretended to be a nephew of rRchard III
• Who was Perkin Warbeck? A cloth trader from Flanders who impersonated Richard, Duke of York (one of the Princes in the Tower)
• What happened when Edward IV died in 1483?


  Richard III seized control of the country
• What did Richard III do to Edward IV's sons?


  He locked them in the Tower of London