BRITAIN Chartism part 1 Flashcards
How did the government disperse the Bull Ring Chartists?
Sent a police force from London on the recently opened London and Birmingham railway
When was the Newport Rising?
3 November 1839
Where had Chartism secured very strong support?
Industrial areas of South Wales
Who was the Newport Rising organised for in order to campaign for their release from prison?
Henry Vincent, a prominent Welsh Chartist
Who led one of the three separate marches that converged at Newport?
John Frost, a member of the Convention
Where did the Newport marchers surround?
Westgate Hotel
How many people were killed in the Newport Rising?
22
How many people were injured in the Newport Rising?
Over 50
What happened to Frost and two of his associates in the aftermath of the Newport riot? What did the government step in and do?
Found guilty of high treason and sentenced to death- government ensured that the men were sentenced to transportation for life instead of execution to prevent further rioting
When was the first Chartist petition?
June 1839
Who presented the first Chartist petition to parliament and what reform movement had he created?
Thomas Attwood, founder of the BPU
How many signatures did the first Chartist petition contain?
1,283,000
How many of the signatories of the first of the Chartist petition were women?
1/4
When did the House of Commons vote on the first Chartist petition?
14 July 1839
How was the first Chartist petition received by the House of Commons?(how many votes, fewer than what fraction of parliament turned up)
Rejected by 235 votes to 46; fewer than 1/2 of all MPs turned up to vote
What was the National Convention, and when did it fall into disarray?
The national convention was organised to present the first petition and was considered a new parliament but it felt apart by August 1839
Who had withdrawn their support from the National Convention by August 1839?
BPU, worried by violence at the Bull Ring
When was the National Convention dissolved?
September 1839
When was the second Chartist petition?
1842
Why were the circumstances surrounding the second Chartist petition different to those of the first?
Whig government that had dominated politics in the 1830s were heavily defeated in the 1841 election at hands of Peel’s Conservatives; different economic circumstances
Why were the economic circumstances surrounding the second Chartist petition different to those of the first?
Peel’s entry into office coincided with a period of severe economic depression; widespread unemployment by 1842
How many signatures did the second Chartist petition contain?
3.3 million- 1/3 of adult population
How was the second Chartist petition received by the House of Commons?
Denied a hearing by 287 votes to 49
When were the Plug Plot riots?
1842
Plug Plot riots 1842
Wage reductions in the Yorkshire and Lancashire cotton trades sparked a wave of strikes, which involved workers removing plugs from boilers and bringing a factory to a standstill
How were the Plug Plot riots 1842 received by the Chartist movement?
Not promoted- O’Connor denounced them in the ‘Northern Star’
What ended the violence in the north in response to the rejection of the Chartist petitions?
1842 harvest and fall in unemployment
When was the third Chartist petition?
1848
When did events give new life to the Chartist movement?
1847-48
When was there a general depression that led to a third wave of Chartism?
1847
What worried many Chartists in 1847?
Whig victory in the election
When was O’Connor elected as the MP for Nottingham?
1847
When did a wave of revolutionary activity sweep across Europe?
Early 1848
When did the French monarchy fall?
February 1848
How many people turned up to the Kennington Common meeting?
Only 25,000
When was the Kennington Common meeting?
10 April 1848
What made the Kennington Common meeting different from the mass meetings of 1838-9?
Very few women attended
How many signatures did O’Connor claim that the third Chartist petition had?
5.5 million
Why did the House of Commons refuse to consider the third Chartist petition?
Fewer than 2 million genuine signatures
When did a meeting in London post-third petition attract a crowd of 60,000?
May 1848