Causes Of The 1381 English Peasants Revolt
Although peasants had long been subject to taxation, why did the English poll taxes provoke the Peasants' Revolt of 1381?
A
The peasants resented that their taxes funded King Richard's luxurious lifestyle while they continued to struggle financially.
B
The peasants resented paying taxes to King Richard because he was only a teenager at the time.
C
The peasants revolted because the taxes were levied during the height of the Black Death, a period when many were struggling merely to survive.
D
Peasants had grown accustomed to earning higher wages and resented the taxes as an attempt by the nobility to reassert control over their newly acquired economic freedoms.
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