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What was the main cause of the Peasants’ Revolt?

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The Black Death was the reason of the peasant revolt because it had killed 1/3 of the English population between 1348-1351. As a result there was a shortage of peasants to work on the land, and so the peasants thought they could ask for more money to work for their landlords.

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Demands for reform in the church.
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