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income), Richard became very unpopular and many riots started breaking out all over the country. These revolts became known as Peasents' Revolt Wat Tyler gathered a crowd of people and marched on London to ask the king to abolish the peasants' duties on their landlords but, in the end, the king did nothing and the leaders of the revolt were killed. di The war ended in 1453 but two families continued to fight in England. These civil wars became known as the Wars of the Roses because of the coat of arms of the contending houses: the white rose of York and the red rose of Lancaster. The wars ended in 1485 with the defeat of the last Yorkist king, Richard II, during the Battle of Bosworth, he was defeated by the Lancastrian Henry Tudor, who became the first Tudor king as Henry VII A year later, he married Elizabeth of York to unite the Yorkist and Lancastrian claims to the throne. The plugue The bubonic plaque, also known as Black Death, was one of the most devastating pandemics in history. It originated in Asia and spread in Europe thanks to fleas living on rats that infested trading ships. The outbreak in England began in 1348 and killed more than a third of the population very quickly. It is known as Black Death because the infected bodies turned dark coloured after death. York Rose Tudor Rose Lancaster Rose The bubonic plague spread easily due to a lack of immunity among the population and it was accompanied by outbreaks of the pneumonic plague, that was spread by direct contact and gave no chance of survival. Only few people could recover from this disease, so people started leaving cities to go to the countryside. Nowadays, we know that bubonic plague was caused by a bacillus called Yersina pestis that was discovered during the 19th Century.