Question

who were the luddites when were they active what was the historical context for their actions

Answer 1

Answer:

The Luddites were a secret oath-based organization of English textile workers in the 19th century, a radical faction which destroyed textile machinery as a form of protest. The group was protesting against the use of machinery in a "fraudulent and deceitful manner" to get around standard labour practices

Answer 2

Luddites

Explanation:

• Textile workers of Nottinghamshire, Lancashire, Yorkshire were known as luddites , they destroyed the textile machinery to protest as the machinery threatened their  jobs. This term is still used today for the people who opposed new technology.  

• Ned Ludd was the mythical leader of this movement, he was a young apprentice who was rumoured to have destroyed the textile apparatus in 1779. There is no evidence of his existence.  

• Luddites did not achieve anything but their protest gave voice to the working class.  

• New machines and other practices imposed by new class of manufacturers drove the industrial revolution.

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