Aims and Actions (Booklet) Flashcards
1
Q
Outline each Chartist petition
A
- 1839 1.25 mil signatures rejected 235 to 46 HoC
- 1842 3.3 mil signatures rejected 287 to 49
- 1848 under 2m votes lots of fake signatures want to take to parliament stopped by 7000 troops (4000 pc 85000 special constables)
2
Q
What was the role of and importance of the National convention? (include sacred month)
A
- Discussion forum for strategy
- Impressive feat of organisation
- After rejection they formed idea of general strike which is described as ‘sacred month’
- limited support for sacred month so O’Conner backs down
3
Q
What other tactics were used? Moral v Physical force, the Newport rising, umbrella movement (inc new directions and land plan)
A
- Moral = persuasion, Physical = direct action
- Key divisions in the movmt
- Regional and class differences
- Umbrella movmt broadens appeal but in a sense divides support
- Land plan good example of innovations and resilience but ends up failing
4
Q
What was the role and significance of the Northern Star and the NCA?
A
- Northern star crucial in emergence of chartism as national movmt
- uses profits to finance the movmt and fund defences and spport families of victims
- NCA provde central organisiation while leaders in prison 1d weekly
- 400 branches 50,00 members by 1842
