peasants revolt

Question 1

why was life for the peasants hard?

Answer 1

they were at the bottom of the feudal system and working for a lord and serving the king
-they were paying high taxes to fund the kings lifestyle
-being killed off by a terrible plague that affected them more than the barons

Question 2

in what year did the ship arrive in dorset bringing goods from europe?

Answer 2

1348

Question 3

how much of the population did the plague kill?

Answer 3

1/3

Question 4

what year was the statute of labourers?

Answer 4

1351

Question 5

the black death impacting peasants meant what?

Answer 5

field of crops were left to rot since there were not enough people to bring in the harvests and some villages were abandoned

Question 6

who passed the statute of labourers?

Answer 6

1351

Question 7

what was the statute of labourers?

Answer 7

every man and woman should work for those who want them and will only receive the same wages as before the plague

Question 8

what years did the justice of the peace come about?

Answer 8

between 1377 and 1379

Question 9

what is a justice of the peace?

Answer 9

a local official appointed by the king, responsible for law or order

Question 10

what happened between 1377 and 1379?

Answer 10

70% of the people brought before the justice of the peace were accused of breaking the statute of labourers

Question 11

who was john of gaunt?

Answer 11

Richard II’s main advisor and one of englands most hated landowners

Question 12

where and how did the black death start?

Answer 12

asia area from dead bodies being thrown about

Question 13

how many km a day and for how many years did the disease spread?

Answer 13

5km a day for 5 years

Question 14

when did the black death arrive in europe?

Answer 14

1347-italy

Question 15

how did the disease spread?

Answer 15

fleas on rats and also trade between places

Question 16

what happened to people that caught the disease?

Answer 16

black tongue and then death

Question 17

who did people blame for the black death?

Answer 17

jesus and lepers

Question 18

what were the consequences of the black death?

Answer 18

1/3 of the population of England died
labour became more valuable- therefore they required more money

Question 19

what was the hundred years’ war?

Answer 19

series of wars between england and france lasting from 1337 until 1453

Question 20

what is poll tax?

Answer 20

tax of a certain amount that all individuals over a certain age had to pay- regardless of income

Question 21

what happened by 1380?

Answer 21

every person over the age of 15 had to pay 4 groats per year to the king

Question 22

how many groats did people have to previously pay?

Answer 22

1 groat

Question 23

what were john wyclif and john ball doing?

Answer 23

they were priests who started to preach about how the church was exploiting peasants

Question 24

what did John Ball and John Wyclif protest about?

Answer 24

they argued that the church should not be charging pardons for sins and the church should not have so much land when others were starving

Question 25

what year did the peasants revolt begin?

Answer 25

1381

Question 26

where did uprisings begin?

Answer 26

essex and kent

Question 27

what happened on the 30th may in Fobbing?

Answer 27

peasants refuse to pay Poll tax to John Brampton

Question 28

what happened on the 2nd June in Brentwood?

Answer 28

behead Bampton’s clerks and set fire to the houses of Bampton’s supporters

Question 29

what happened on the 7th June in Maidstone?

Answer 29

Wat Tyler gets made the peasants’ leader and the free John ball from Maidstone prison and storm Rochester Castle

Question 30

what happened on the 12th June in Bishop’s Gate?

Answer 30

the peasants set up camp in London and Richard II agrees to meet the rebels on the 17th June

Question 31

what happened on the 13th June in the City of London?

Answer 31

rebels enter through the city gates and storm the
savoy palace of John of Gaunt and burn it
they kill foreign merchants and supporters of rthe King

Question 32

what happened on the 14th June in Mile End?

Answer 32

Wat Tyler meets the king
the King gives a royal pardon to all involved and all villeins are made freemen
some of the peasants kill the Archbishop of Canterbury

Question 33

what happened on the 15th June in Smithfield?

Answer 33

Richard II meets the rebels again
Tyler wants a full change to the system of law- the king agrees
one of the King’s men kills Wat Tyler and the peasants follow the King out of London and the revolt is now over

Question 33

what was the king’s excuse for not sticking to his promises?

Answer 33

he claimed he was forced to make these promises

Question 34

what happened to John Ball?

Answer 34

he was hanged and his body was cut into pieces
his head was also stuck on a spike on London Bridge

Question 34

how could the peasants begin to buy land?

Answer 34

there was so much unused after the Black Death
this freed them from having to work the lords’ land

Question 34

why did workers wages increase after the revolt?

Answer 34

there was still a lack of workers so the peasants could demand higher wages

Question 34

what happened to poll tax?

Answer 34

it was never again repeated in the Medieval period

Question 34

within how many years were peasants freemen?

Answer 34

100 years

Question 34

the peasants revolt was the first time what had happened?

Answer 34

ordinary people had revolted- normally it was just barons or nobles