Social Status
Changing Times
Taxes & Government
Movements
100

smallholders and agricultural labourers of low social status

Peasantry

100

an act of resistance or rebellion; a revolt.

Uprising

100

the entire medieval system of trade and its taxation

Staple

100

a strong wind.

Blow

200

the body of all people ordained for religious duties

Clergy

200

A removal from power, often done with force

Overthrow

200

the practice of using illegal methods to obtain a particular result in an election

Election Rigging

200

A weapon with a pointed tip OR to pierce or strike with a pointed object

Spear

300

the middle class, between the rich and the poor

Bourgeoisie

300

an act of renouncing the throne

Abdication

300

one tenth of annual produce or earnings, formerly taken as a tax for the support of the Church and clergy.

Tithe

300

give support, confidence, or hope to (someone).

Encouraged

400

a young person's transition from being a child to being an adult

Coming of Age

400

an agreement between parties, especially between nations or between a church and a nation

Concordat

400

include or contain (something) as a constituent part.

Embodied

500

(of war, fighting, or similarly undesirable things) start suddenly.

Break Out

500

the state of having made less progress than is normal or expected.

Backwardness