reproduced on page 5 of the Northern Star newspaper‚ the main voice in print of Chartism (O’Day et al.‚ 2011‚ p107). It is an extract of a speech made by an unknown speaker and chosen by the course team therefore one cannot be absolutely sure of the veracity of the piece as a true representation of the Chartist movement. This appears to be a politically motivated speech aimed at rallying support rather than an exposition of Chartism. It does include references to the audiences’ economic circumstances‚ as
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How important was economic conditions in the development of Chartism 1836-41 Chartism was a working class movement for political reform in Britain. There were many reasons as to why Chartism developed‚ one of which was the poor economic conditions in Britain and this was quite important however was not the sole reason as there were also other strong origins such as disappointment of the Great Reform Act. The economic boom of the early 1830s was short lived as by 1836 Britain’s economy was suffering
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already started to not succeed. The failure of Chartism after 1842 is therefore perceived to be O’Connor’s doing by the historian Gammage purely because he was the primary Chartist leader at the time. However‚ the middle class Chartist leaders who had dictated Chartism between 1836 and 1842 were more accountable for the failure of Chartism to obtain its six point because they sanctioned the physical force Chartists to obtain dominance over Chartism by failing to convince parliament to accept the
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Chartism’s lack of success was due to a fundamental lack of focus. It was supported by a wide range of people with too wide a range of motives‚ hopes and fears. Using all 5 sources and your own knowledge‚ explain how far you agree with this opinion. For the chartist to have had a focus‚ they would all have to have had the same issues‚ and all held equal support for all 6 parts of the people’s charter‚ the paper behind the chartist movement. This was not the case; in many instances the people
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TASK 1 OPTION 2 HISTORY Which is more important in explaining the public support for Chartism: economic circumstances‚ or the tradition of radical politics? To explain the rise of the chartist political movement and the public support it received we need to consider the two main contributing factors at the time. Historians like Asa Briggs‚ W.W. Rostow and Gareth Steadman-Jones take differing views on which was the most important explanation for the dramatic rise in public support for the
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In Britain‚ the tough times of the late 1830s and 1840s‚ sometimes called the “hungry forties”‚ and the underwhelming increase in voters in the Reform Bill of 1832 gave birth to a political movement named Chartism. Chartism was a movement based on improving the political‚ social‚ and economic conditions of the working class and is considered the first mass working class movement in the world. The main points of the Chartist movement are defined in the People’s Charter‚ a document calling for six
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Assess the significance of popular pressure in bringing about improved representation and greater democracy in Britain in the period 1830-1931 The period of 1830-1931 saw gradual yet largely significant governmental reforms which led to an extension of the franchise from 500‚000 to around 21 million. Prior to 1832‚ Britain’s franchise composed of a selective elite of the landowning class‚ however the 1832 reform act‚ although a disappointment in the extent of what it achieved‚ paved the way for
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Were the chartists successful in their aims? The electoral system in the early nineteenth century was radically different from the parliamentary democracy we have today. The system was not representative of the population in terms of wealth or region‚ and elections were open to corruption. Before 1832‚ just ten per cent of British adult males were eligible to vote – and this portion of the population was the richest. There were many efforts to reform this outdated system by people who used methods
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Why did support for the Whigs decline in the years 1832- 1841? After the Whigs electoral victory of 1832‚ how was it that the Tories were able to win the election in 1841‚ there were many factors that contributed to the enormous decline in Whig support during the reform years. The Whigs were running out of ideas by 1835. There was increasing economic depression‚ defections to the other side of the House occurred‚ the Whig ministries witnessed the rise of public pressure groups‚ the Whigs were
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Chartism‚ British working-class movement for parliamentaryreformnamed after thePeople’s Charter‚ a bill drafted by theLondonradicalWilliamLovettin May 1838. It contained six demands: universal manhoodsuffrage‚ equal electoral districts‚ vote by ballot‚ annually elected Parliaments‚ payment of members ofParliament‚ and abolition of the property qualifications for membership. Chartism was the first movement both working class in character and national in scope that grew out of the protest against the
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