Peasants’ Revolt, also called Wat Tyler’s Rebellion, (1381), first great popular rebellion in English history. Its immediate cause was the imposition of the unpopular poll tax of 1381, which brought to a head the economic discontent that had been growing since the middle of the century. The rebellion drew support from several sources and included well-to-do artisans and villeins as well as the destitute. Probably the main grievance of the agricultural labourers and urban working classes was the Statute of Labourers (1351), which attempted to fix maximum wages during the labour shortage following the Black Death.
The uprising was centred in the southeastern counties and East Anglia, with minor disturbances in other areas. It began in Essex in May, taking the government of the young king Richard II by surprise. In June rebels from Essex and Kent marched toward London. On the 13th the Kentish men, under Wat Tyler (q.v.), entered London, where they massacred some Flemish merchants and razed the palace of the king’s uncle, the unpopular John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster. The government was compelled to negotiate. On the 14th Richard met the men of Essex outside London at Mile End, where he promised cheap land, free trade, and the abolition of serfdom and forced labour. During the king’s absence, the Kentish rebels in the city forced the surrender of the Tower of London; the chancellor, Archbishop Simon of Sudbury, and the treasurer, Sir Robert Hales, both of whom were held responsible for the poll tax, were beheaded.
Populist Party is a political party that was created in the late 1800s by American farmers. The principal goals of the party were: direct election of senators, government ownership of rail roads, telephone, telegraph, etc, and graduated income tax.
The five specific problems that led to the formation of the Populist Party are:
corruption in voting, silencing of public opinions, isolation of voters, denial of unionization and large number of poor people in comparison to the rich.<span />
<span>Cleisthenes made all citizens over 30 eligible able to serve on the council and gave more power to the Citizen Assembly.
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War with Mexico and the alamo and it also sparked the transcendentalist era, and plus it was one of the earliest examples of civil disobedience by henry David Thoreau
