The first petition was set up in 1839 with 1.2 million signatures and it was almost 3 miles long, however, it was rejected. But then in 1842, 3 years later, they made yet another petition with a 3.3 million signatures, but yet again, it was rejected. Finally, in 1848 they made a third petition with a staggering 5.5 million signatures and yes, it was rejected despite all the hard work and names. These short term causes, I believe, didn’t contribute to the failure of Chartism as the reliability of this source is not good as we don’t know if the figures are exact and compared to the previous point, this is less
The first petition was set up in 1839 with 1.2 million signatures and it was almost 3 miles long, however, it was rejected. But then in 1842, 3 years later, they made yet another petition with a 3.3 million signatures, but yet again, it was rejected. Finally, in 1848 they made a third petition with a staggering 5.5 million signatures and yes, it was rejected despite all the hard work and names. These short term causes, I believe, didn’t contribute to the failure of Chartism as the reliability of this source is not good as we don’t know if the figures are exact and compared to the previous point, this is less