Who was Captain Swing? What did the symbolise name represent?
Captain Swing was a mythic name used in letters addressed to landowners to break their threshing machines.
The landlords were alarmed because they were attacked by armed labourers at night and also because their farm houses were put on fire. Most of the landlords destroyed threshing machines.
Captain Swing’s name symbolised agrarian resistance and revolt by agricultural labourers against well-to-do farmers and landowners.
Explain briefly what the open field system meant to rural people in eighteenth century England.
Look at the system from the point of view of:
• A rich farmer
• A labourer
• A peasant woman
What was the impact of the westward expansion of settlers in the USA.?
What were the advantages and disadvantages of the use of mechanical harvesting machines in the USA?
Explain briefly the factors which led to the Enclosures in England.
