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1
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Economic causes

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  • poor area
  • hit by inflation
  • sheep tax
  • rumours of other taxes
  • food shortages
2
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Religious causes

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  • sparked by prayer book
  • Latin
  • transubstantiation
  • mass in one kind
  • images
  • prayers for the dead
3
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Political causes

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  • don’t believe Somerset has authority “we demand”
  • a return to the six articles
  • no changes to policy until Edward is of age
4
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Social causes of Western Rebellion

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Mistrust of gentry:

  • Wanted restrictions on servants
  • gentry were Protestant
  • gentry profited from reform
  • William Body
  • banner

Isolated:

  • no affinity with England
  • their own language
  • poor