WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1845, weavers in Silesia led a revolt against contractors who supplied them raw material and gave them orders for finished textiles but drastically reduced their payments.

Detailed explanation-2: -In June 1844 disturbances and riots occurred in the Prussian province of Silesia, a major center of textile manufacturing. Crowds of weavers attacked homes and warehouses, destroyed machinery, and demanded money from local merchants.

Detailed explanation-3: -The weavers’ revolt in Silesia took place in 1845. On 4 June, a large crowd of weavers marched in pairs to the mansion of one of the contractors demanding an increase in their wages. They destroyed his mansion and broke into the storehouse where all the cloth was stored.

Detailed explanation-4: -Answer: The cause of the Silesian weaver’s uprising was the cheating of the weavers by the contractors. In 1845, the weavers raised a revolt against the contractors who used to supply them raw material to weave textiles in finished form. The contractors drastically reduced their payments.

Detailed explanation-5: -The weavers decided to revolt in Silesia against the contractors who provided raw materials to the weavers as orders for finished textiles and later failed to pay their originally promised wages to the weavers.