In England in the 1830s, farmers received threatening letters signed by a mythical ‘Captain Swing’. The letters warned them against using which machines?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Threshing machines
Poor labourers, who feared losing their work, sent letters signed by ‘Captain Swing’ warning farmers not to use threshing machines; during the Swing riots of 1830 many of these machines were broken.