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1411371816_59222.doc chartism movement in britain plan: 1 origin 2 people's charter of 1838 3 the first wave 4 1842: chartism's biggest petition and 'the general strike' 5 the mid-forties 6 chartism and christianity 7 the 1848 petition 8 legacy 9 references chartism was a working class movement for political reform in britain between 1838 and 1848. it takes its name from the people's charter of 1838. chartism was the first mass working class labour movement in the world. "chartism" is the umbrella name for numerous poorly-coordinated local groups, often named "working men's association," articulating grievances in many cities from 1837. its peak activity came in 1839, 1842 and 1848. it began among skilled artisans in small shops, such as shoemakers, printers, and tailors. the movement was more aggressive in areas with many distressed handloom workers, such as in lancashire and the midlands. it began as a petition movement which tried …

entury fight against corruption and as a new stage in demands for democracy in an industrial society press some 120 local newspapers were important to the movement, for their news, editorials, announcements, poetry and (especially in 1848) reports on international developments. they reached upwards of a million readers (and listeners). the poor man’s guardian in the 1830s, edited by henry hetherington dealt with questions of class solidarity, universal suffrage, property, and temperance, and opposed the reform act of 1832, the paper explored the rhetoric of violence versus non-violence, or what the its writers referred to as moral versus physical force.[5] the northern star was influential between 1837 and 1852 as a mouthpiece for feargus o'connor. its peak circulation was 50,000 copies in 1839; like other chartist papers it was often read aloud in workers' circles.[6] the papers often discussed economic issues, such as the trade union movement, grievance of labor …

n, or other person, to serve a constituency, when taken from his business to attend to the interests of the country. equal constituencies, securing the same amount of representation for the same number of electors, instead of allowing small constituencies to swamp the votes of large ones. annual parliaments, thus presenting the most effectual check to bribery and intimidation, since though a constituency might be bought once in seven years (even with the ballot), no purse could buy a constituency (under a system of universal suffrage) in each ensuing twelve-month; and since members, when elected for a year only, would not be able to defy and betray their constituents as now. when these demands were first published in may, 1838, they received a lukewarm response from northern star's feargus o'connor and other radicals, being seen as too moderate (thompson, 1984, p. 58). but it soon became clear that the charter …

to keep within the law, the more radical activists were able to see it as the embryo of an alternative parliamentgeneral strike. the convention called for a number of "ulterior measures" which ranged from calling on their supporters to withdraw their money from saving banks to a call for a "sacred month" (in effect, a ). meetings were held around the country and in june, 1839 a large petition was presented to the house of commons. parliament, by a large majority, voted not even to hear the petitioners. when the petition was refused, many advocated the widespread use of force as the only means of attaining their aims. newport rising several outbreaks of violence ensued, leading to several arrests and trials. one of the leaders of the movement, john frost, on trial for treason, claimed in his defence that he had toured his territory of industrial wales urging people not …

urse of action adopted. the result of the newport rising was a disaster for chartism. the hotel was occupied not only by the representatives of the town's merchant classes and the local squirearchy, but by sixty or more armed soldiers. a brief, violent, and bloody battle ensued. shots were fired by both sides, although most contemporaries agree that the soldiers holding the building had vastly superior firepower. the chartists did manage to enter the building temporarily, but were forced to retreat in disarray: twenty were killed, another fifty wounded. testimonies exist from contemporaries, such as the yorkshire chartist ben wilson, that newport was to have been the signal for a national uprising if successful. older histories suggested that chartism slipped into a period of internal division after newport. in fact the movement was remarkably buoyant (and remained so until late 1842). initially, while the majority of chartists, under the leadership …

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1411371816_59222.doc chartism movement in britain plan: 1 origin 2 people's charter of 1838 3 the first wave 4 1842: chartism's biggest petition and 'the general strike' 5 the mid-forties 6 chartism and christianity 7 the 1848 petition 8 legacy 9 references chartism was a working class movement for political reform in britain between 1838 and 1848. it takes its name from the people's charter of 1838. chartism was the first mass working class labour movement in the world. "chartism" is the umbrella name for numerous poorly-coordinated local groups, often named "working men's association," articulating grievances in many cities from 1837. its peak activity came in 1839, 1842 and 1848. it began among skilled artisans in small shops, such as shoemakers, …

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