Luddites (Artifact 3)

Luddites Simulation (Question)


Q1: How was the Yorkshire textile industry organised in 1801?
A1: Factories were built in Yorkshire because it is very close to Scotland which they have a lot of wool, and sheep’s. Water power, hydropower is another reason it is built in Yorkshire. During this period, you usually have one owner, who owns a factory; this person has a lot of money, and all they care is about making money and profits.
The Basic Business Model is :
1. Labour intensive
2. Profit centered
3. Unskilled Labour – lots of woman and children, and these people are uneducated, they don’t have money and time to go to school, as a result they are very easy to replace.
4. Management was completely authoritarian.


Q2: How was the textile industry changing by 1812?
A2: Between 1779-1810, much textile industry became mechanized, they had large looms. Labour was beginning to organize against mill owners because their jobs are threatened.


Q3: Who were the Luddites? What were their methods of protest?
A3: Luddites are workers who organize against manufacturers during the Napoleonic War, they attacked mill owners and they destroyed machines.


Q4: What did it mean to be “twisted in”? Why was this so dangerous?
A4: To be “twisted in” means to join a secret commity of Luddites and the reason why it is so dangerous is because if you inform on those people, they’ll kill you. The government consider this oath as illegal and you can go to jail for it.


Q5: Who was General Ned Ludd?
A5: Ned Ludd or Ned Lud, possibly born Ned Ludlam or Edward Ludlam, is the person from whom the Luddites took their name. He is the the Luddites' imagined leader and founder.He is a character in 1779 who destroyed two stocking machine, he was introduced in Emily Bronte’s book – Shirley. No actual proof of his existence has been found, it is believed that he came from the village of Anstey, just outside Leicester in England.
Q6: Why were the Luddites prepared to risk their lives protesting? (lots of reasons for this one?
A6: People lost their livelijood, jobs are threatened.


Q7: Why were mill owners and the government so worried? How did they respond to Luddites?
A7: Some owners got around this process by not lowering their prices, so Luddites would not destroy machines, and British troops occupied Yorkshire. Finally, the government made breaking machine a capital crime. There are examples of Mill owners attacked, killed, and there are lots of death threat, including magistrates and food merchants. The government was worried because at one time there were more troops fighting the Luddites than fighting the Napoleon the first in Spain, and they were afraid of lawlessness.


Q8: How were Luddites punished?
A8: Governments executed 17 leaders in Yorkshire in 1813, and many of them were transported to Australian as convicts.


Newspaper:
Execution of Luddites:
York – On Saturday, at half past one, the following culprits recieved the full measure that the law will afford, for crimes to body and property, viz. John Hill, Joseph Croether, Nathan Hoyle, Jonathan Dean, John Obdin, Thos. Vrosk, and Johnny Walker.
After due sentence, each man mounted the scaffold with great penitents and contrition. Each man was asked to make his peace with god ater being aloud a brief oration. The behaviour on the whole was sobre and dour owing to the melancholy surroundings of the prison. Prior to the execution of the sentence, in due course of the verdict handed down by lord high judge Lancaster, the Right Reverend John Swallow asked the assembly to pray that god would grant salvation to the prisoners so much in need. The lamentable scene of these proceedings was closed when the sentence was carried out on the drop. Ladies and Gentlemen, God have mercy on their souls.



Reflection questions:
1) a. What main topic does the artifact relates to? In what way?
ans: I think it mainly relates to Urbanization, because the luddites destroy machines because the world is mechanizing, modernizing and they are loosing their jobs. They want things to be like what it is before.
b. Which other main topic does it also relate to?
ans: It relates to Entrepreneurs too.
2) Why did you choose this artifact, and how much time did you spend creating and /or processing it?
ans: I did not choose this artifact, Mr. Kinzer did. I spend circa. 2 hours on this artifact.
3) What insights and understanding have you gained from the creation and/or processing of this artifact?
ans: I understanded how people can be so foolish,by destroying a few machines and threatening people doesn't change the big picture that the world is mechanizing and they are going to loose their jobs eventually. De facto, they are producing problems for themselves.
4) Does this artifact reflect your best work and/or ideas? Why, or why not?
ans: I think thie artifact does reflect my best work and ideas, I spend a lot of time reading detailed information on the Luddites and I spent time trying to write the newspaper article like a 19th century british journalist by using certain verbs and nouns.
5) Rate this artifact on a scale of -5 to 5 (0 is neutral) for the following four criterion.
a. Impact on the quality of your portfolio. 4
b. Impact on your level of enjoyment and happiness. 5
c. Impact on your learning. 4
d. Level of creativity and Originality. 3
ans: 4
6) Any additional comments.
ans: No comment.