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GCSE History · key term
The immediate event that sets off a wider development whose underlying causes have already built up.
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Paper 2
Revise: Medieval Revolt and AuthorityThe immediate trigger came at Brentwood in Essex on 30 May 1381, when John Bampton arrived to enforce tax collection. Thomas Baker insisted that the villagers had already paid and would pay no more. When Bampton tried to arrest him, villagers intervened and forced the officials to flee.
Distinguish underlying causes from the trigger: tax collection in Essex sparked the revolt, but grievances about labour, freedom and government explain its wider support.
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