Luddite movement

GPTKB entity

Statements (29)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:political_party
gptkbp:activePeriod 1811-1816
gptkbp:cause job losses
wage reductions
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Luddite movement
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Napoleonic_Wars
economic hardship
gptkbp:legacy term 'Luddite' used for technology opponents
gptkbp:location gptkb:England
gptkbp:method protests
riots
machine smashing
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Ned_Ludd
gptkbp:notableEvent machine breaking
gptkbp:opposedBy industrialization
mechanized textile machinery
gptkbp:participants textile workers
gptkbp:region gptkb:Yorkshire
gptkb:Lancashire
Nottinghamshire
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Industrial_Revolution
gptkbp:result executions
decline of movement after 1816
harsh legal penalties
gptkbp:suppressedBy gptkb:British_Army
government repression
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Industrial_Revolution
gptkb:British_Industrial_Revolution
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5