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Other articles where People’s Charter is discussed: Chartism: …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 Parliament, and abolition of the property qualifications ...
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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Jun 20, 2011 · The Chartist Movement 1838 - 1848. By Stephen Roberts Last updated 2011-06-20. ... The People's Charter was not enacted in the 1840s. In the short term Chartism failed, but it was a movement ...
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 ...
The Chartist movement was a mass movement driven by the working class, following the failure of the 1832 Reform Act to extend the vote. It got its name from the People’s Charter which listed the six main aims of the movement. Named after a bill called the People’s Charter drafted in May 1838, Chartism was a working class suffrage movement ...
It expanded rapidly across the country and was most active between 1838 and 1848. The aim of the Chartists was to gain political rights and influence for the working classes. Their demands were widely publicized through their meetings and pamphlets. The movement got its name from the People’s Charter which listed its six main aims:
