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How Did William Wallace Cause Revolts Against The English

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One of the major reasons that William Wallace lead revolts against the English was his strong desire of freedom, for himself and his country. Scotland had needed someone to lead them since Edward the first (king of England), destroyed Scotland and took its independence. The Scottish had asked Edward to to help them find a new King after the Scottish king, Alexander 3rd had died; King Edward agreed and once he had chosen a new king “Edward continued to exert power and influence over Scotland.” Obviously once Edward decided to continue ruling over Scotland after his job was done, “Scottish unrest was widespread;” Wallace then took it upon himself to end king Edwards rule over Scotland by starting revolts; Wallace's first major move was attacking
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