Transcript Peasants' Revolt, causes - presentation

 starter activity
What makes you angry?
Why were the peasants
so
angry?
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Aims
To understand how the feudal system limited
the peasants’ freedom
To understand the causes of the Peasants’
Revolt (1381)
 Your task
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Listen to these three peasants and try to work
out why they are so angry.
So what have
they got to be
angry about
then?
Reasons why the peasants were
angry in 1381
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Poll tax – rich and poor paid the same
Taxes were increasing – 5X!
Wars with France – expensive, 1000s lost their
lives
Statute of Labourers (1351) - limited peasant
pay
Work service – limited their freedom
 Your task
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Read about the events of the Peasants’ Revolt.
Copy these names into your exercise books and
write a sentence next to them explaining who
they were:
Wat Tyler
John Ball
Richard II
John of Gaunt
 Your task
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Imagine you are a BBC news team reporting on
the events so far. You are in London describe
what has happened. Interview some of the key
players listed above.
 Plenary
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What were some of the causes of the peasants
revolt?
Which one made the peasants most angry?
A scene showing peasants at work in the Lutrell Psalter (14th Century)