Question

Why did poor peasants resort to riots to protest against the use of threshing machines?

• A. Threshing machines had become a sign of unemployment and bad times.
• B. They were opposed to machines.
• C. They found the machines too difficult to operate
• D. The peasants were too poor to buy threshing machines.
• E. None of these

Answer 1

The correct option is A Threshing machines had become a sign of unemployment and bad times.

Riots spread over southern England and about 387 threshing machines were broken. Through this period, farmers received threatening letters urging them to stop using machines that deprived workmen of their livelihood.