Chartists

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The Chartists were 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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Chartists canonical 3
Chartist 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century social movement
political movement
working-class movement
activeIn Britain NERFINISHED
centerOfActivity Birmingham NERFINISHED
Glasgow NERFINISHED
London NERFINISHED
Manchester NERFINISHED
country United Kingdom
endTime late 1850s
firstPetitionYear 1839
ideology democracy
political reform
influenced British labour movement
extension of the franchise in the United Kingdom
trade unionism in Britain
influencedBy Reform Act 1832 NERFINISHED
economic distress of the 1830s
industrialization in Britain
location England
Ireland NERFINISHED
Scotland
Wales NERFINISHED
movementGoal abolition of property qualifications for MPs
annual parliaments
equal electoral districts
payment of MPs
secret ballot
universal male suffrage
notableEvent Newport Rising NERFINISHED
notableEventYear 1839
numberOfNationalPetitions 3
partlyRealizedBy Reform Act 1867 NERFINISHED
Representation of the People Act 1884 NERFINISHED
petitionPresentedTo Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED
programAdopted 1838
programDocument People's Charter NERFINISHED
secondPetitionYear 1842
slogan The Charter and no surrender
socialBase artisans
industrial workers
small tradesmen
working class
startTime 1838
thirdPetitionYear 1848
timePeriod 19th century
usedTactic education and political lectures
mass meetings
mass petitions
newspapers
strikes

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Plug Plot Riots mainParticipant Chartists
Newport Rising participant Chartists
British radical press politicalAlignment Chartists
this entity surface form: Chartist