peasants revolt

• When did the Black Death arrive in England?

  1348 via the port of Melcombe in Dorset.

  Swept acr9ss England to scotland by 1350

  Killed 1/3 of the population
• Economic causes of peasants revolt;

  Introduced poll tax to fund 100 year war

  Statute of labourers

  Richard II raised taxes
• How was the church a cause of the peasants revolt?

  Priests started to preach how the church were exploiting peasants

  Campaigners such as John whicliffe and John ball
• What was the Statute of Labourers?

  A law to stop peasants from asking for higher wages passed in 1351, it also introduced a maximum wage and made it illegal to move to look for better paid work
• What taxes did Richard II introduce?

  By 1380 everyone over 15 had to pay 4 groats a year to king
• What happened on 30th may 1381?


  John Bampton, the kings tax collector arrrived in Brentwood, Essex to collect unpaid poll taxes and was threatened with death
• What happened on 2nd June 1381?


  Bampton is murdered and his supporters houses burnt
• What happenned on 7th June 1381?


  Peasants march to Kent

  Made wat Tyler their leader

  Freed John ball

  Storm Rochester castle

  Burn tax records
• When was the turning point in the peasants revolt

  7th June 1381
• What happened on 13th June 1381?


  Peasants storm city walls

  Burn palaces

  Kill kings supporters
• What happenes on 14th june 1381?


  Wat Tyler meets king and outlines peasants demands

  Peasants kill arch bishop of cantubury
• When is wat Tyler murdered?

  15th June 1381
• What happened after wat Tyler's murder?

  Richard did not keep his promises and calaimed he was forced to

  John ball was hung his body cut up

  Tyler and balls heads were put on spikes on London Bridge
• Short term impact of peasants revolt;

  -poll tax wasn't repeated in medieval times

  -statute of labourers scrapped

  -peasants could buy land

  -within 100 years were freemen
• Long term impacts of peasants revolt;

  -in 1989 conservatives introduced poll tax

  -every adult had to pay an equal amount

  -caused riots over the county

  -in 1990 rioters followed same route

  -resulted in thatcher