Who Were the Luddites

Who were the Luddites?

A) English textile workers who organized to destroy new manufacturing equipment that threatened their jobs
B) highly skilled insurgents who led sneak attacks on the French during the Napoleonic Wars
C) a new political party in Great Britain that emphasized the need for industrialization
D) a group of scholars who founded a system of universities across the European continent
E) Italian revolutionaries inspired by the freemasons and against Napoleonic rule