Farmers and agricultural workers in England in the 1820s burned barns and haystacks under the banner of their mythical leader,Captain Swing,to protest the:
A) low prices they were receiving on the commodity exchanges in Europe.
B) importation of cheap wheat from the Far East, which destroyed the British wheat market.
C) skyrocketing prices of land, which forced many of them to continue living with their parents.
D) introduction of threshing machines, a symbol of the new commercial agriculture.
E) passage of new laws increasing the number of capital crimes.
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