Commoners

• The rise in the rate of inflation


  Led to a drop in real incomes
• Drop in real incomes


  Contributed to the ill feeling felt by many towards the imposition of the Amicable Grant
• Governments were always fearful of such people, with some justification
• Full-scale rebellion was relatively rare
• Outbreaks of disorder were much more common
• Outbreaks of disorder were held to upset the good ordering of society