e more you work the better due to the money you get. But soon the wages for the workers also began to decrees and that's when the Luddite Movement was born.
             Ned Ludd was what you can say the founder of the Luddites. He began to protest and of course the people where behind him. He soon would be given the name "King Ludd", as stated in the article Luddites. The rioting began on a cold November night in 1811 in Nottinghamshire, England (article Luddites). The Luddites passed and present article stated that most of the workers would paint their faces in black before going on these riot or mob actions. The end of 1811, only two months into the riot over 800 frames were destroyed by rioters from all over the country (article Luddites). Not only that but the riots had reached up to, Lancashire, Cheshire, the West Riding of Yorkshire,
             Leeds, and Manchester according to the article Luddites passed and present. Many types of factories and machineries were destroyed by these angry workers such as cotton power looms; wool shearing machines, and knitting machines (article Luddites). Although damage was done to these cities and factories, a person had one of two reasons for performing such acts, first was the unemployment rate and second was the decrees in workers wages. The government couldn't stop the acts of these people so they looked for the legislation to help them calm the people down. In the mean time, the government let out thousands of troops deployed in different area and ready for riots to come. By the end of 1812, the government had made machine breaking a capital offense (article who were the Luddites and what did they want?). This didn't stop the Luddites to continue their barbaric acts to these factories and machineries. The movement continued for approximately five more years before it came to an end in 1816.
             In the nineteenth century the Luddite movement broke out and it was due to t...