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The Peasants' Revolt In60learning

Smarter in sixty minutes. Get smarter in just 60 minutes with in60Learning. Concise and elegantly written non-fiction books and audiobooks help you learn the core subject matter in 20% of the time that it takes to read a typical book. Life is short, so explore a multitude of fascinating historical, biographical, scientific, political, and financial topics in only an hour each. The year was 1381. The English government had failed its lower-classes time and again with repressive labor laws and high taxes, and the peasants had had enough. In an unprecedented outburst of force, the peasants revolted against their leaders in a bloody march on London, burning buildings and killing government officials. The movement didn't end there, though; it spread all over England, with Richard II trailing behind to suppress it. This e-book delivers the fascinating history of this historical event that forever changed not just British history, but the world's.