What was the goal of the Combination Acts of 1799 and 1800?
a) They forbade factory hands from organizing or collectively bargaining with their employers.
b) They were the British counterpart to the Coercive Acts in America and taxed new products extensively.
Consider This: How did the Luddites usually organize themselves to attack factories? See 7.5: Narrative: “No General but Ludd Means the Poor Any Good!”
c) They forbade factory owners from combining to create cloth monopolies, which would undermine the British economy.
Consider This: How did the Luddites usually organize themselves to attack factories? See 7.5: Narrative: “No General but Ludd Means the Poor Any Good!”
d) They required factory owners to combine safety features with hygiene measures to protect their workers on the factory floors.
Consider This: How did the Luddites usually organize themselves to attack factories? See 7.5: Narrative: “No General but Ludd Means the Poor Any Good!”
a) They forbade factory hands from organizing or collectively bargaining with their employers.
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