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The Trigger for the Peasants' Revolt

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The Trigger of the Peasants' Revolt

The Peasants' Revolt started in Essex in May 1381.

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John Bampton

  • It began when John Bampton, a Member of Parliament and Justice of the Peace, arrived to investigate non-payment of the poll tax.
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Villagers revolt

  • John Bampton summoned representatives from each village, but they arrived armed and refused to pay.
  • Bampton tried to arrest the villagers, which resulted in a fight where three government officials and several villagers were killed.
  • Bampton managed to escape back to London.

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1The Medieval World: 450-1450 AD

1.1Anglo-Saxon England

1.2The Contest for the English Throne

1.3Conquering the Holy Land, 10-96-1396 AD

1.4King John

1.5The Magna Carta & Parliament

1.6The Black Death

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3The Empire of Mali

4The Renaissance & Reformations, 1500-1598 AD

5The British Empire, 1583-1960 AD

6The Peasants' Revolt

7Religion in the Middle Ages

8Slavery, 1619-1833 AD

9The English Civil War, 1642-1660

10The Industrial Revolution, 1750-1840

11US Independence, 1775-1783

12The French Revolution, 1789-1815

13The British Empire, 1857–1930

14Suffrage

15World War 1, 1914-1918

16The Inter-War Years, 1919-1939

17World War 2, 1939-1945

18The Cold War, 1947-1962

19Civil Rights in the USA, 1954-1975

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