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The Luddites were in favor of producing cloth on primitive hand operated looms. Such looms were often in private homes where the weavers worked incredibly long hours to produce not very much cloth.
The Luddies were also in favor of NOT letting other people decide how to run their own lives. Like union thugs today they were arrogant enough to insist that their way of doing things was the only correct way and that everone else should conform to their twisted view of right and wrong.
Or one could say:
Before factories, cloth was produced by self-employed weavers, working from home. Wives and daughters would spin the yarn, and the men would weave it. When factories started up, the quantity of cloth produced by powered looms put them out of business at a stroke.
Many power looms were destroyed by many people, but an actual Mr Ludd went about the country making speeches and rabble-rousing. I think his name was James Ludd, but I'm not sure. 'Luddites' was a handy label for all the people put out of business by the new technology, and furious about it. These people ended up working for starvation wages at the factories, in the end. Plus ca change, eh? in fact i believe that it as general ludd...and that the luddites often called the operation of destroying new machines "General Ludd" the luddites were definatley for the domestic system
your actually wrong
his name was NED, NOT JAMES
thanks, I actually think your clever
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The luddites were a group of british workers workers who destroyed factory machinery to protest?
A loss of jobs
What did the luddites do?
textiles industry
How was Lowell factory system different from the European factory system?
my mom
What were the Luddites protesting about?
Martin Luther, generally considered the originator of Protestantism, was (very generally speaking) protesting the teachings and practices of the Roman Catholic Church.
When did the factory system start?
The factory system started in the 18th century (In the Period Of The Industrial Revolution).
What did the luddites protest against?
The luddites protested because they got rid of their jobs for machines.
The luddites were a group of british workers workers who destroyed factory machinery to protest?
A loss of jobs
Who Was The Leader Of The Luddites?
The Luddites were groups of men protesting against unemployment and reduced wages caused by mechanisation. There was no leader of the movement - their figurehead was Ned Ludd - a fictional person.
When were the luddites active?
The Luddites began in Nottingham and grew from there!
What are luddites opposed to?
Luddites are opposed to technological change.
The British working men who rebelled against the changes of the Industrial Revolution by smashing the machines are known as?
They are known as Luddites.
What was the name given to the factory workers who in the years from 1811 onwards broke and smashed new machinery because they feared unemployment might ensue?
The Luddites
What was the factory system?
It was a system of the factory.
Why were the Luddites angry?
Luddites were upset about machines/Factories.Luddites were said to have destroyed weavery machines in 1799.
When was Dance of the Yellow-Breasted Luddites created?
Dance of the Yellow-Breasted Luddites was created in 2000.
In the 1800's who rioted against new textile machines?
Luddites did they were unemployed cottage workers that rioted against new textile machines in the early 19th century
What did the luddites do?
textiles industry
