THE LUDDITE MOVEMENT

In 1776 , James Watt was responsible for the most significant improvements of the "Steam Engine".Giving birth to the "steam engine" prompted the era of progress of the railroad.So much so,with the incoming change of progress ,there would always be 'naysayers, and the critics of the revolution to come.Among the fuss kicked up by the 'steam engine' poet William Blake called those same  steam engines, "those dark satanic mills".Slowly but surely the  vast outbreak of those 'satanic mills'  caused many cottage industries to  suffer at the hands of the revolution of the steam engine.The year 1811 saw an economic depression,which frustrated the already down trodden,working class among the lower class masses.Therefore, many of the people employed by the cottage industry lost their jobs,which then prompted the outcries of the masses for justice .This was the birth of the 'Luddites movement'.There were many strikes,pilferage and vandalism of the new found steam engine factories,which led to the local militia being introduced,to quell the uprising.Source,( http://www.connected.org/is/luddites.html)Before you knew it the 'Luddite Movement had spread through Europe,mainly France & England.This novel should provide interesting reading,a different view and prospect of the 'Luddites Movement'