WORLD HISTORY

NATIONALISM IN EUROPE

THE RISE OF NATIONALISM IN EUROPE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What did weavers in Silesia, in 1845, revolt against?
A
Bad quality raw material
B
Insufficient supply of raw material
C
Contractors who didn’t pay them enough
D
None of these
Explanation: 

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: -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-3: -Silesian weavers’ uprising of 1844 (German: Schlesischer Weberaufstand) was a revolt against contractors who supplied the weavers of Silesia with raw material and gave them orders for finished textiles but drastically reduced their payments.

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