The weavers of Silesia led a revolt in 1845 against whom?

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Wealthy people

Contractors

Social workers

Farmers

answer is B.

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The weavers of Silesia led a revolt in 1845 against contractors. These contractors supplied them with raw materials and placed orders for completed textiles but lowered their payments considerably. This was one of the many instances of economic hardship in the 1830s. In Europe, it was a time of considerable economic suffering. The first half of the nineteenth century saw massive population growth across Europe. In most countries, there were more job seekers than job openings. Thousands of people from rural areas moved to cities to live in congested slums. Small-town producers were frequently up against imports of low-cost machine-made items from England, where industrialisation was more advanced than any other country on the continent.

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