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The Peasants' Revolt, also named Wat Tyler's Rebellion or the Great Rising, was a major uprising across large parts of England in 1381.The revolt had various causes, including the socio-economic and political tensions generated by the Black Death in the 1340s, the high taxes resulting from the conflict with France during the Hundred Years' War, and instability within the local leadership of ...
Saxon Peasants' Revolt: Saxony: Saxon peasants Suppression of the rebellion [52] 1791–1794 Whisky Rebellion United States: American farmers Suppression of the rebellion, whiskey tax is repealed shortly after 1793–1796 War in the Vendée: French Republic: Catholic and Royal Army
A second "Croquants′ Revolt" in 1636–37 (with some outbreaks as early as 1628) concerned the taxes being raised to support France's entry into the Thirty Years' War. The revolt included the lynching of tax officials, a tax strike, and a major battle at which over 2,000 people were killed. The major rebellion was defeated, but outbreaks of ...
The Statute of Labourers (and its counterpart, the Ordinance of Labourers) was, of course, very unpopular with the peasants, who wanted higher wages and better living standards, and was a contributing factor to subsequent peasant revolts, most notably the English peasants' revolt of 1381.
The revolt was quickly crushed by the earl, John Neville, though he made little attempt to quell Redesdale's actions. [189] Warwick and Clarence had spent the summer assembling troops, officially to suppress the revolt but in early July they travelled to Calais , where Clarence and Isabel were married in a ceremony overseen by Warwick.
A peasant movement is a social movement involved with the agricultural policy, which claims peasants rights.. Peasant movements have a long history that can be traced to the numerous peasant uprisings that occurred in various regions of the world throughout human history.
Walter "Wat" Tyler (4 January 1341 (disputed) – 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 collection of a poll tax and to demand economic and social reforms.
The power-loom riots of 1826 took place in Lancashire, England, in protest against the economic hardship suffered by traditional handloom weavers caused by the widespread introduction of the much more efficient power loom. [1]