Henry VII: The Yorkshire & Cornish Rebellions

PowerPoint & two worksheets that examine the threat posed by the Yorkshire & Cornish tax rebellions to King Henry VII.

Activities include

• Comprehension activity on the relative causes, threat, Government response and outcome of the rebellions in order to complete a table.
• Source analysis of Perkin Warbeck’s explanation of the causes of the Cornish Rebellion to evaluate reliability.
• Discussion / debate on the most threatening rebellion Henry VII faced based around a line of continuum that covers all the rebellions Henry faced.

Designed for the teaching of OCR History Y106 The Early & Mid Tudors.
Lesson Length: 1hr depending on pace.