The Luddites and the Industrial Revolution

By ashleygrohmann
  • Period: to

    Napoleonic Wars

    Caused economic upheavel and widespread unemployment across British working families
  • Nottingham Protesters

    Nottingham Protesters

    • smashed textile machinery
    • 60+ large stocking frames had been destroyed
  • Ned Ludd

    Ned Ludd

    fictious leader of the luddites

  • Parliament responds

    Frame Breaking Act 1812-machine breaking as a capital offense
  • Protesters in Yorkshire

    Protesters in Yorkshire

    • 150 protesters
    • 2 luddites killed
  • Protesters in Manchester

    Protesters in Manchester

    • 8 killed -18 wounded