The following is an excerpt from an account of a speech given by the English rebel leader John Ball in the 1360s (Thinking Like a Historian): "My good friends, matters cannot go on well in England until all things shall be in common; where there shall be neither vassals nor lords; when the lords shall be no more masters than ourselves. How ill they behave to us! For what reasons do they thus hold us in bondage? Are we not all descended from the same parents, Adam and Eve? When Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the gentleman? What reason can they give, why they should be more masters than ourselves? . . . Let us go to the King and remonstrate with him; he is young, and from him we may obtain a favorable answer, and if not we must ourselves seek to amend our condition."
Based on the evidence provided by this passage, John Ball was determined to

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John Ball is advocating for social and economic equality, which would mean the end of the vassal-lord relationship and the establishment of a more equal society. There is no mention of murder or the removal of the monarchy or the church.

The Following Is an Excerpt from an Account of a Speech