Explain three reasons for Captain Swing riots in English countryside.
The following were the reasons for Captain Swing riots in English countryside. (a) Enclosures deprived the poor of the use of the commons which was essential for their survival. The Enclosures barred them from pasteurising their cows, collecting fruits and berries, fuel wood, hunting small animals for food etc., (b) Landlords began cutting wages and retrenching workmen. (c) Use of modern technique of agriculture like threshing machines, deprived workmen of their livelihood.
