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The Peasants Revolt Research Paper

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How far do you agree that money was the main cause of the Peasants’ Revolt? by Theo Tarry
The peasants revolted in Essex 30th of May 1381 for several reasons. Living conditions, money and the Black Death. I am going to discuss these main points in hope to come to a conclusion as to which is the most important.
The first point to consider is money. This is because the government was so low on money because of the war due to the 100 year war in France. Therefore the government decided that they should raise a poll tax in order to help pay for this. This was a tax which is charged to all men and women. Subsequently this was the third poll tax given to the people in a short amount of time. The peasants didn’t agree with the government because …show more content…

It was a big problem because although the king was taking the money away from the peasants because the poll tax - this subsequently harmed their living conditions: for example, they wouldn't be able to afford water this made the peasants angry because they aren't getting treated fairly with polls and tax and the rise to the black death.
Another way this affected living conditions because as king raised a poll tax, that meant that they couldn’t buy foods and basic necessities. This made the peasants angry because they felt the injustice: the king got everything they wanted food water money.
The Black Death was also major threat to the peasants of the time and also to the king. It was the greatest pandemic in England’s history. The peasants felt like they didn’t have much hope of survival. They knew that they had to do something because many people died and the government appeared to be doing nothing about it. They decided going to go against the government so that the king was forced to make a rule that whoever caught the Black Death and survived received a major pay rise. The king and his nobles wanted to remove this rule so that he wouldn't be paying the civilians and could pay more towards of the war in France. This meant that there was a conflict of interests between the peasants and the king once more, forcing the peasants to

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