Year 6 History

Week Commencing 29.06.20

This term in History you will be learning about how London has changed over the years. .

During the topic you will learn all about:-How London has changed since the Romans left. -What life was like in Tudor London. -Why Wat Tyler came to London.

This week you will be learning about why Wat Tyler came to London.

How has London changed over time?

Life in London

Gin CrazeIn Georgian London, Gin was cheap and easy to get hold of. This led to many problems

Highway RobberyIn the 18th century, expansion of roads, and carrying of valuable goods led to an increase in “highway robbery”

Tudor PovertyPopulation increase and lack of jobs led to many people struggling in poverty. They were punished for begging.

Theatre became popular

in Tudor times. The Globe (pictured) was built in 1599 on the Southbank of the Thames.

Place names

Londinium – Roman LondonFounded in 43 AD and abandoned in the 5th century.

Ludenwic – Saxon London From the 7th to the 11th centuries the Saxons started their own settlement, about 1 mile westwards.

City of London – Tudor Times The population increased quickly but most lived inside the City walls. London was only 3 miles long, from the Tower of London to Westminster

Spitalfields – Huguenots In the 17th century thousands of French Protestants settled in London. Most came to Spitalfields. The Wealthiest built grand, airy townhouses.

1348 1381

Black DeathPeasants’ Revolt

1685

Huguenots arrive in London

1749

Bow St RunnersStatute ofLabourers

1351 1599

Shakespeare’s Globe

Knowing more, and remembering more

1.Londinium was the Saxon name for the capital of London

❑True

❑False

2. Why did people start returning to the site of the old Roman city?

❑ Because of buildings that were left over

❑ Because it was safer – the walls protected them

❑ Because it was closer to the river Thames

❑ Because their old settlement had been abandoned

3. In what era was London abandoned?

4. What was dangerous about Tudor London?

Why did Wat Tyler come to London?

Knowing more, and remembering more

1.Londinium was the Saxon name for the capital of London

❑False

2. Why did people start returning to the site of the old Roman city?

❑Because it was safer – the walls protected them

3. In what era was London abandoned? Anglo-Saxon era

4. What was dangerous about Tudor London? Crime, disease and poverty

Why did Wat Tyler come to London?

Key Vocabulary

Key words that you will meet:

• Peasants Revolt

• serfs

• feudal system

• landowners

• nobles

• Statute of Labourers

• Wat Tyler

• John Ball

Professor Rodney Hilton

“The Peasants revolt was well organised, and directed. The people involved came from many groups in society, but all of them were asking for the same thing –true freedom from the Lords”

What do you think happened during the peasants revolt?

The diagram above shows the ‘feudal system’- a system for organising society into groups base on their roles. Around 90% of people were peasants.

Life in medieval England was very difficult for ordinary people. Most people at his time were peasants, meaning that they were poor farm workers for landowners. They lived in mud huts in small villages in the countryside and had few rights.

Most peasants were called serfs- they worked for food and shelter, not money. They could not move from their land or change their jobs without the landowners permission. These rich landowners were called nobles.

King

Nobles

Knights

Merchants/farmers

Peasants/serfs

Why did Wat Tyler come to London?

The Mayor

Wat Tyler

Richard II

The Peasants Revolt was a series of uprisings, across

the country.

By late 1381, many thousands of

Peasants moved towards London, led by Wat Tyler and John Ball, a

priest.

Wat Tyler – Lead of the Peasants

Key People

John Ball- an important priest

Why did Wat Tyler come to London?

Task 1. Use your cause statements on the next slide and sort them into “long term” causes / trends, and short term causes / triggers.

1348 1381

Long term / trends over time building tension

Short term triggers –sparking conflict.

In the end, Wat Tyler was betrayed. The King had promised to hear his demands, and to give pardons to his men. However, ultimately, Tyler was struck by the mayor, and then beheaded, and the king’s men killed about 1,500 rebels.

Tyler’s men had been brutal. They had attacked houses, killed hundreds and even destroyed the Archbishop of Canterbury’s house.

When the King addressed them, he said “ I am your captain. You shall have no captain but me”. Believing him, they went home. The King took back his promises. The revolt failed. “Villeins you were and villeins you remain” he said.

How did the story end?

What happened to Wat?

Testing the Knowledge

1. In what year was the Peasants Revolt?

2. Who was the leader of the Peasants Revolt?

3. Which law was passed in 1351 which tried to reduce Peasants wages?

4. Which priest inspired many peasants to rise up against the Lords?

5. Which King ultimately betrayed the peasants?

Testing the Knowledge

1. In what year was the Peasants Revolt? 1381

2. Who was the leader of the Peasants Revolt? Wat Tyler

3. Which law was passed in 1351 which tried to reduce Peasants wages? Statute of Labourers

4. Which priest inspired many peasants to rise up against the Lords? John Ball

5. Which King ultimately betrayed the peasants? Richard II