Was a six point charter intended to unite workers from different backgrounds behind a common political goal. The charter was published in 1938 by the LWMA, the charter was intended to provide a basis for an act on parliament
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What were the mass meetings? (Chartism)
Chartist leaders like O conner still spoke to people after 1839, the chartists used mass meetings to intimidate the goverment and unite the movement more firmly. Most famous meeting after 1839 was the meeting on Kennington Common in London
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What were the petitions by the chartists? Part 1
Mass petitions were sent to parliament in 1839, 1842 and 1848. In 1839 the National Chartist Convention collected over 1.2 milion signitures to support the charter but was rejected and the chartist covention disbanded in disarray
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What were the petitions by the chartists? Part 2
Outside of London the rejection of the petition resulted in anger and frustration. There were calls for a general strike and in some areas rebellion. The newport uprising is considered an attempt to start a natiowide uprising and whig goverment
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What were the petitions by the chartists? Part 3
arrested Chartists leaders William Lovett and O Conner. Chartism appeared to be collapsing after its first failure
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When and what was the divide in Chartism?
1839/40, after the failure of 1839/40 different people sought different ways in achieving their goals, those who wanted physical force and thsoe who wanted moral force
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What was moral force?
Moral force were those who wanted peaceful protest and wanted to show the goverment they were responsible enough to get the vote, associated with the LWMA and William Lovett
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What was physical force?
Physical force was those who favoured intimidation and sometimes violence to achieve thier goal, associated with Fergus O Conner
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What were the new moves in Chartism?
Some Chartists that were dissappointed by the first national petition decided using new methods was the best way to persuade MPs that they should have the vote. William Lovett drew up a plan for a national system of education so workers who were
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What were the new moves in Chartism? Part 2
educated could not be declined the right to vote. Lovett set up a natinal association tp establish Chartist schools. Some Chartists began the Teetotal Association that aimed to prove the working class were fit by publicly rejecting alcohol
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Chartist leaders like O conner still spoke to people after 1839, the chartists used mass meetings to intimidate the goverment and unite the movement more firmly. Most famous meeting after 1839 was the meeting on Kennington Common in London
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