The immediate cause was the imposition of the unpopular poll tax of 1380. However, the grievances of agricultural laborers and the urban working classes had been mounting since the passage of the Statute of Labourers (1351), a law which attempted to freeze maximum wages during the labor shortage following the Black Death.
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