Question

What was done in different countries of England during the Captain Swing movement?

• A. Threshing machines were broken
• B. Rich farmers were compelled to help poor farmers
• C. Landowners were looted
• D. Agriculture was expanded

Answer 1

The correct option is A Threshing machines were broken

1 On 1 June 1830, a farmer in the north-west of England found his barn and haystack reduced to ashes by a fire

2 Later cases of such fire were reported from numerous districts.

3 Then on the night of 28 August 1830, a threshing

machine of a farmer was destroyed by labourers in East Kent

4 In the subsequent two years, riots spread over southern England and about 387 threshing machines were broken.

5 This came to be known as captain swing movement.