02. Luddites

What were the new machines introduced and what did they replace?

Stocking frames replaced traditional handlooms

How did cloth prices decrease?

27 shillings in 1797 to 3 shillings in 1827

What did machines do?

Reduce need for workers

What did workers who lost their jobs do?

Broke into factories at night to smash stocking-frames

When and where did attacks start?

Nottingham in 1812 but spread to Lancashire and Yorkshire

How did the gov. respond?

Sent 12,000 troops and passed a law making the breaking of stocking frames punishable by death

What happened to the luddites in the end?

Many were fined and transported to different colonies