17.PD Chartists Failed As too Ambitious (20. Methods Of Protest) Flashcards
What are the 3 factors for a question on Chartist failure?
Too ambitious, divisions over methods of protest, Government actions
Too ambitious
How did O Connor’s Land plan fail? When was it?
1845
£100,000 collected from 70,000 people but only 250 got allotments
Too ambitious
Name 3 things that the Chartists demanded in the 1837 Charter?
Universal male suffrage over 21
Secret Ballot
Abolition of MP property qualification
Too Ambitious?
How many members in National Chartist Association? Why were they running out of money?
70,000
They were all working class
Too ambitious
What year were 5/6 Chartist demands met?
1918
Divisions in protest
What did Lovett want the aims of Chartism to be? (3)
- education
- temperance
- National Association for Promoting the Political and Social Improvement of the People (1841)
Divisions in Protest
When did O’Connor kick Lovett out of the Chartism movement?
1843
Divisions over Protest
What did O Conner want the aims of the chartists to be? (2)
- Radical
-Threaten violence but remain within the law
Divisions over Protest
What was the phrase that showcased moral force vs physical force?
“Peacefully if we may, forcibly if we must”
Divisions over Protest
When was the National Chartist Convention? How many delegates? What was the main discourse over?
1839
70
What action to take if petitions failed?
Government
What laws passed by Peel reduced the need for Chartism? (2)
- 1842 Mines Act
- 1846 Repeal of Corn Laws
Government
What was the response to Newport Rising?
20 killed and 50 wounded by soldiers
Government
When did Parliament reject all 3 petitions? How many signatures did each have?
1839 - 1.2 million
1842 - 3.3 million
1848 - 5.7 (only 2 million real)
Government
What act ensured a nationwide police force?
1839 Rural Police Act
Government
How many chartists arrested following the 1842 plug riots?
1000
