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6 giorni fa · The campaign for the ‘People’s Charter’, a democratic movement which thrived in the decade after 1838, was probably the most important mass movement in British history. Chartism captivated contemporaries and has had a magnetic attraction for historians, generating over 100 books and articles in the last decade alone.
4 giorni fa · Papers relating to the National Petition and 'The Charter'. London Radicalism 1830-1843: A Selection of the Papers of Francis Place. Originally published by London Record Society, London, 1970. This free content was digitised by double rekeying. All rights reserved.
5 giorni fa · In May 1838, the People's Charter was drawn up in the United Kingdom, demanding universal suffrage. Chartism continued to gain popularity, leading to the Newport Rising in 1839, the last large-scale armed rebellion against authority in mainland Britain.
2 giorni fa · In 1838, Chartists issued the People's Charter demanding manhood suffrage, equal sized election districts, voting by ballots, payment of MPs (so poor men could serve), annual Parliaments, and abolition of property requirements.
8 mag 2024 · The first people’s charter circulated in 1838 and in one year, collected 1.3 million signatures; a second petition would be presented to parliament in 1842 with approximately 3.5 million signatures; in 1848 another gigantic petition saw the light of day, but it provoked massive repression involving 100,000 police officers.
30 apr 2024 · Chartism was a British movement for political reform that took its name from the People’s Charter of 1838. It had particular support in places such as the South Welsh coalmines where people depended on single industries and were subject to wild swings in the economy.
5 giorni fa · In 1838, Chartists issued the People's Charter demanding manhood suffrage, equal-sized election districts, voting by ballots, payment of Members of Parliament (so that poor men could serve), annual Parliaments, and abolition of property requirements. The ruling class saw the movement as dangerous.
