1. The Luddites attacked _____ William Cartwright’s mill _____ Sunday, April 12, 1812. The watchers Cartwright had hired to keep an eye _____ the mill were awoken _____ the sound of gunshots. The attackers beat the watcher_____ the ground _____ the lee of the mill.

2. Cartwright succeeded _____ defeating the attackers, who retreated __________ dawn. Fortunately, the mill door had not yielded _____ the attacks, and the mob had not been able to enter_____ the premises. The door was destroyed __________ repair, though, and several windows had been shot __________.

3. The Luddites were textile weavers who protested __________ the use of machinery at the beginning of the 19th century. At the time of the Luddites, Britain was going __________ a social revolution in addition _____ the Industrial Revolution.

4. There was a new social class, the capitalists, whose interest _____ political power had grown along with increasing financial profits. In the end, the Luddites were suppressed with military force, but it was their offspring who ultimately gained the most __________ new technology.