Luddite disturbances

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labor protest machine-breaking movement riot social movement

The Luddite disturbances were early 19th-century machine-breaking riots in England, led by textile workers protesting industrialization and job losses.

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Luddite disturbances canonical 1
Luddite unrest 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf labor protest ⓘ
machine-breaking movement ⓘ
riot ⓘ
social movement ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
endTime 1816 ⓘ
field labor history ⓘ
social history of the United Kingdom ⓘ
hasCause declining wages ⓘ
deteriorating working conditions ⓘ
employers’ use of cheaper, unskilled labor ⓘ
fear of job losses ⓘ
industrialization ⓘ
introduction of labor-saving machinery ⓘ
hasConsequence executions of participants ⓘ
imprisonment of participants ⓘ
transportation of participants ⓘ
hasContext Napoleonic Wars economic dislocation ⓘ
rising food prices in early 19th-century Britain ⓘ
transition from domestic to factory-based production ⓘ
hasEffect destruction of textile machinery ⓘ
increased government repression ⓘ
strengthening of state power over labor ⓘ
hasLeader mythical figure Ned Ludd ⓘ
hasLegacy term "Luddite" used for opponents of new technology ⓘ
hasMainParticipants croppers ⓘ
framework knitters ⓘ
textile workers ⓘ
weavers ⓘ
hasMethod machine breaking ⓘ
night-time raids on factories ⓘ
organized clandestine groups ⓘ
threatening letters to employers ⓘ
historicalPeriod early 19th century ⓘ
legalResponse Frame Breaking Act 1812 ⓘ
making frame breaking a capital offense ⓘ
location England ⓘ
Lancashire ⓘ
Nottinghamshire ⓘ
Yorkshire ⓘ
opposedBy UK government ⓘ
surface form: British government

local magistrates ⓘ
military forces ⓘ
partOf Industrial Revolution ⓘ
startTime 1811 ⓘ
usesSymbol name of Ned Ludd ⓘ

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Lord Liverpool ministry → significantEvent → Luddite disturbances ⓘ
Regency era → hasCharacteristic → Luddite disturbances ⓘ
this entity surface form: Luddite unrest
Spa Fields riots → hasRelatedEvent → Luddite disturbances ⓘ
this entity surface form: Luddite movement
Shirley → mainTheme → Luddite disturbances ⓘ
this entity surface form: Luddite movement