The Peasants’ Revolt The Peasants’ revolt of 1381 (also known as Wat Tyler’s Rebellion) was caused by the imposition of the unpopular poll tax. In 1377‚ John of Gaunt imposed a new tax‚ the Poll Tax‚ that was to cover the cost of the war. Unlike normal taxes‚ this was to be paid by the peasants‚ as well as the landowners. The peasants were at the bottom of the Feudal System and had to obey their local lord to whom they had sworn an oath of obedience on the Bible.At the time of the revolt‚ the English
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Roman Empire were home to one of the most significant peasant revolts in European history‚ the revolt of 1524. Causes of the revolt include the unfair treatment of serfs by nobles and the evolution of Lutheranism and protestant reform in peasant culture. The nobles were under the assumption that the commoners would follow them blindly with regard to rules and therefore treated the poor as slaves to do their bidding. In addition‚ the peasants looked towards the protestant revolution and felt that
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The Renaissance era gave birth to many well made and useful weapons. The most important and manageable of these weapons are the sword‚ bows and crossbows‚ and axes. These weapons each have differ- ent uses and styles making them convenient for many tasks. Swords are normally depicted as only a knightly weapon‚ but were also used by commoners for many a duel. Of course they were mostly a knights weapons as they used them in battle for "hewing‚ slicing‚ and stabbing" (Renaissance Weapons). Some of
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Victorian Era. Noelle Huang Contents INTRODUCTION:Queen Victoria SOCIETY CONDITION Social Behaviour Views on Different Classes and Races Gender Expectation Literature Reglious View Working Condition Crime Dress Decor LIFE Scientific Discovery Leisure Transportation Trends Architecture Unique custume TECHNOLOGY Health/Medcine Food Events STYLE Queen Victoria The Victorian Era could be broken down into two phases: early era(1837~1860) and Mid-to-late era (1860~1901). In the early
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characterized by significant tensions among lords and peasants. These episodes of conflict set the scenario for the violent events of the Great Revolt of 1381 and ultimately led to a major shift to established authority and feudal structures. The revolt unfolded quickly‚ but not without previous warnings. Two major shaping events can be clearly identified when analyzing the changing political and economic activities of Englishmen in the period before the Peasants Revolt. First‚ the spread of bubonic plague
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Ben Boyd AP US History DBQ ESSAY Throughout the period dating from 1801 to 1817‚ the United States government was primarily controlled by the Jeffersonian Republican party‚ whereas the Federalist Party began to slowly fade away from public view. The Jeffersonian Republican party‚ led by Thomas Jefferson‚ professed to favor a weak central government through the support of more states’ rights‚ "...that the states are independent... to...themselves...and united as to everything
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Taya Moore Mrs. Marinez English IV‚ 4th hour 4/24/16 Peasant Life In Medieval Times In the Middle Ages peasants life was hard and cruel. Serfs didn’t have many opportunities in life because of the impact religion had on society at this time. The Catholic Church had extreme power over peasants life‚ influenced their culture‚ and kept them at the bottom of society. Serfs went through multiple events that kept them low in society. At this time there was a type of government called feudalism
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The Progressive Movement (1900-1920) was basically a reform movement. The movement drew its ideals and inspiration from the writings of Thomas Jefferson and reform groups that had attracted some attention in the 19th Century. The progressives were successful in part because they were able to rally the better part of a generation to their ideas about reform. While not all progressives supported all progressive reforms‚ the basic objectives of the movement included the following: Destruction of the
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All men in Elizabethan Era had the opportunity to get some sort of education. But the majority of women did not have this right. Some lucky women received education but this women were from the nobility or from wealthy families‚ women that were commoners didn’t have the right to go to school. The site Elizabethi.org tells us about women education‚ it says: “ Women who were commoners would not have attended to school” ‚ “Elizabethan women from wealthy and noble families were sometimes allowed the
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CHAPTER 39 ESSAY QUESTIONS 1. Explain why the civil rights movement of the 1960’s became more radical and violent as the decade progressed. What changes occurred in the motives‚ assumptions‚ and leadership of the movement? * The civil rights movement in the 1960’s became more radical for President Kennedy promised to help desegregate more public places and support the civil rights movement but his slowness in actually helping the movement made the groups take more action to draw more attention
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