After surveying the land, they set up camp not too far from Plymouth Rock. They feared venturing further south because winter was fast approaching. The Pilgrims had an important question to answer before they set ashore. Since they were not landing within the jurisdiction of the Virginia Company, they had no Charter to govern them. Mayflower Compact In the landmark Mayflower Compact of 1620, the Pilgrims decided that they would rule themselves, based on majority rule of the townsmen. This independent attitude set up a tradition of self-rule that would later lead to town meetings and elected legislatures in New England. Without good harbors or extensive tracts of fertile land, however, Plymouth became a colony of subsistence farming on small private holdings once the original communal labor system was ended in 1623. Puritan Colony in Plymouth, New England; Puritan ethics and ideology
opporunity, ambition anf living standard rose. Landowners were facing difficulties. It seemed advisable to abandodn high farming and start leasing plots to The Peasant War 1381 Poll taxes were imposed during 1377-80 to finance war. Rate higher than usual. Prolonged dislocation of the unsuccessful war, recurrent pleagues, anticlerical temper were turned into widespread rebellion. Eastern and southern englishmen, led by Wat Tyler, townsmen and Londoners ransacked the Tower and tried to fightened Richard II into broken the bonds of serfdom. Rebellion was poorly organized and lasted less than a month Richard II and Henry Bolingbroke He was only 14 when he crushed down the Peasant ´sRevolt. 1387.9 the five lords appeallant appeared- they sought to dictate kings chioces. King refused and his cloest friends were routed. He submitted to the demands. 8 years he worked with his uncle, waiting for revenge.
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