Chartism

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Chartism was a 19th-century British working-class political movement that campaigned for democratic reforms such as universal male suffrage and parliamentary representation.


Statements (53)
Predicate Object
instanceOf political movement
social movement
working-class movement
basedOn People's Charter
country United Kingdom
endTime circa 1857
hasGoal abolition of property qualifications for MPs
annual Parliaments
equal electoral districts
payment of MPs
secret ballot
universal male suffrage
hasPart Kennington Common meeting
Newport Rising
Petition of 1839
Petition of 1842
Petition of 1848
Plug Plot Riots
hasTendency moral force Chartism
physical force Chartism
ideology democracy
political reform
influenced development of social democracy in Britain
later British labour movement
trade unionism in Britain
influencedBy Reform Act 1832
economic distress of 1830s and 1840s
industrialization
radical tradition of the 1790s
language English
location England
Ireland
Scotland
Wales
mainRegion Great Britain
movementType mass petition campaign
parliamentary reform movement
popular radicalism
notableLeader Ernest Jones
Feargus O'Connor
Henry Vincent
James Bronterre O'Brien
William Lovett
opposedBy British government
landed elites
many middle-class reformers
publication Northern Star
The Charter
socialClassBase artisans
industrial workers
some small tradesmen
working class
startTime 1838

Referenced by (9)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Henry Vincent
Joseph Sturge
movement
The Charter ("People's Charter")
about
Sybil, or The Two Nations
addressesIssue
The Charter ("British Chartist movement")
associatedWith
Chartism ("People's Charter")
basedOn
British reform movement ("Chartist movement")
hasPart
People’s History Museum
hasSubjectArea
Plug Plot Riots ("Chartist movement")
partOf

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