He was only young when he was king. He raised taxes and everyone had to pay the same amount. When he added another tax, the peasants decided they had had enough and they did the peasants revolt. He had a meeting with them and agreed to all the things they said but said there have another meeting elsewhere. When the peasants got there, they were corners and killed. The remaining peasants started getting more money for work because there was not loads left so they finally realised that they were important. They raised the charge for their work and if people refused to pay then they would refuse to work. In the end, king Richard II ended up with the same amount of power.