D.) Almost doubled the area of the U.S. and gave it control of the Mississippi River.
<em>What was the significance of the peasants revolt?</em>
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The Peasants Revolt 1381. The Peasants Revolt of 1381 was the first popular uprising in England. The peasants were objecting to high taxation and demanding payment of wages in money. They marched on London, but were fooled by the King, and their leader, Wat Tyler, murdered.
On January 25, 1863 the Governor of Massachusetts received the authority to recruit black troops. The 54th Massachusetts Volunteers was the first black regiment from the North - and also a fine fighting unit.
<span>"It presaged the full-scale organization and employment of Negro soldiers. It initiated the new Negor soldier policy of procedding not by the the parceling out of authority to selected individuals and states but by decree and direction of the War Department acting through the army. This step was the great turning point in the development of the movement to arm the Negro as a soldier."</span>
By limiting government expansion, Harding helped create the economic dynamic that led to the Roaring 20's, a brisk period of economic growth
