Chartism

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political movement social movement working-class movement

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

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Chartism canonical	21
Chartist movement	6
British Chartist movement	2
People's Charter	2
British radical movement	1
Chartism, a New Organisation of the People	1
The People’s Charter	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	political movement ⓘ social movement ⓘ working-class movement ⓘ
basedOn	Chartism self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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, London, England ⓘ surface form: 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	UK government ⓘ surface form: British government landed elites ⓘ many middle-class reformers ⓘ
publication	Northern Star ⓘ The Charter ⓘ
socialClassBase	artisans ⓘ industrial workers ⓘ some small tradesmen ⓘ working class ⓘ
startTime	1838 ⓘ

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Input

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

Referenced by (34)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

People’s History Museum → hasSubjectArea → Chartism ⓘ

Chartism → basedOn → Chartism self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: People's Charter

Sybil, or The Two Nations → addressesIssue → Chartism ⓘ

Joseph Sturge → movement → Chartism ⓘ

British reform movement → hasPart → Chartism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chartist movement

Henry Vincent → movement → Chartism ⓘ

Plug Plot Riots → partOf → Chartism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chartist movement

Plug Plot Riots → relatedTo → Chartism ⓘ

Ernest Jones → movement → Chartism ⓘ

Northern Star → politicalAlignment → Chartism ⓘ

Northern Star → mainSubject → Chartism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chartist movement

Northern Star → movement → Chartism ⓘ

The Charter → movement → Chartism ⓘ

The Charter → ideology → Chartism ⓘ

The Charter → about → Chartism ⓘ

this entity surface form: People's Charter

The Charter → associatedWith → Chartism ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Chartist movement

Newport Rising → partOf → Chartism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chartist movement

Newport Rising → movement → Chartism ⓘ

Feargus O'Connor → movement → Chartism ⓘ

William Lovett → movement → Chartism ⓘ

William Lovett → notableWork → Chartism ⓘ

this entity surface form: The People’s Charter

William Lovett → notableWork → Chartism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chartism, a New Organisation of the People

William Lovett → politicalIdeology → Chartism ⓘ

John Wilkes → influenced → Chartism ⓘ

this entity surface form: British radical movement

James Bronterre O'Brien → movement → Chartism ⓘ

James Bronterre O'Brien → influenced → Chartism ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Chartist movement

George Holyoake → movement → Chartism ⓘ

The Mask of Anarchy → influenced → Chartism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chartist movement

British radical press → influenced → Chartism ⓘ

Reform Acts → influencedBy → Chartism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chartist movement

Abel Heywood → movement → Chartism ⓘ

Devilsdust → movement → Chartism ⓘ

Stephen Morley → associatedWithMovement → Chartism ⓘ

Sybil Gerard → associatedWithTheme → Chartism ⓘ