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.

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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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Chartism basedOn Chartism self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: People's Charter
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 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
John Wilkes influenced Chartism
this entity surface form: British radical movement
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
Reform Acts influencedBy Chartism
this entity surface form: Chartist movement
Abel Heywood movement Chartism
Devilsdust movement Chartism