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James Bronterre O’Brien. Chartism, British working-class movement for parliamentary reform named after the People’s Charter, a bill drafted by the London radical William Lovett in May 1838. It contained six demands: universal manhood suffrage, equal electoral districts, vote by ballot, annually elected Parliaments, payment of members of ...
Chartism was a working-class movement for political reform in the United Kingdom that erupted from 1838 to 1857 and was strongest in 1839, 1842 and 1848. It took its name from the People's Charter of 1838 and was a national protest movement, with particular strongholds of support in Northern England, the East Midlands, the Staffordshire ...
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The Chartist movement was the first mass movement driven by the working classes. It grew following the failure of the 1832 Reform Act to extend the vote beyond those owning property. In 1838 a People's Charter was drawn up for the London Working Men's Association (LWMA) by William Lovett and Francis ...
Jun 20, 2011 · In the years 1839, 1842 and 1848, the Chartist Movement urged Parliament to adopt three great petitions. Of these, the best known is the final petition, with six million signatures (although a ...
The name ‘Chartists’ comes from the People’s Charter of 1838. This was a document detailing the six key points that the Chartists believed to be necessary in order to introduce a fair ...
THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER. Below is the complete text of the People's Charter published by the London Working Men's Association. Its principal authors were William Lovett and Francis Place. The Charter was publicly launched at the Great Glasgow Demonstration on May 21st 1838, which Birmingham Chartist John Collins played a major part in bringing about.
