INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
DECLINE OF FEUDALISM
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Question
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Henry IV
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Richard III
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Henry VI
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Richard II
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Detailed explanation-1: -The final trigger for the revolt was the intervention of a royal official, John Bampton, in Essex on 30 May 1381.
Detailed explanation-2: -Richard sent soldiers to round up the rebels. Leaders of the revolt were executed, including the preacher John Ball and the leader of the Essex rebels, Jack Straw.
Detailed explanation-3: -At this point Richard, then only 14, showed great courage, shouting to the peasants to follow him. He led them off, calmed them down with promises of reforms, and convinced them to disperse to their homes. His promises were immediately revoked by his council of advisors, and the leaders of the revolt were hanged.
Detailed explanation-4: -Wat Tyler (c. 1320/4 January 1341 – 15 June 1381) was a leader of the 1381 Peasants’ Revolt in England. He led a group of rebels from Canterbury to London to oppose the institution of a poll tax and to demand economic and social reforms.