CHARTISM - support + its fluctuations Flashcards
NATIONAL SUPPORT
:( How does the Northern Star illustrate fluctuating Chartist support?
1839 - 36,000 copies
1851 - struggled to reach 1,500 in sales
NATIONAL SUPPORT
:) Industrial areas
Expanding industrial areas in the midlands and the north saw Chartism enjoy strong support from in textile districts such as Manchester.
These were areas where there Poor Law stirred most agitation and so anti-Poor Law associations sustained the Chartists (true for handloom weavers who were threatened by technological change)
NATIONAL SUPPORT
:( Agricultural labourers
Essex and Suffolk provided less than 1% of its strength because it failed to acknowledge + address the agricultural labourers.
NATIONAL SUPPORT
:( Bishop of Norwich
Notorious for sermons denouncing the Chartist leaders as irreligious.
NATIONAL SUPPORT
:( Ireland
This is because they were mostly interested in campaigning against the Union - Chartism was an English concern for them.
NATIONAL SUPPORT
:( London
Failed to engage Chartism as much because industrial development was not as fast in London as elsewhere in the country.
NATIONAL SUPPORT
:) NCA + protests following the rejection of the 1848 petition
There WERE demonstrations following the rejection of the third petition in 1848.
NCA = increase in Chartist activity in London.
WOMEN
:) Brown and 1839 signatures
Historian Brown argues that women provided 1/3 of the signatures of the 1839 petition and that women had important secondary roles in the movement
They ran fundraising events, and Chartist Sunday Schools, and organised tea parties, and sewed banners.
WOMEN
:) Exlcusive dealing
This was a form of patronisation of shopkeepers who were known to support Chartism, while boycotting those hostile to the movement.
WOMEN
:) Female Chartist Associations
100 female Chartist Associations
23 in Scotland.
WOMEN
:( Leadership roles
Very few leaders prioritised women’s rights and so women were never really considered for national roles.
WOMEN
:( National Charter Association + Committee roles
1838-1839 mass meetings by the NCA didn’t offer women a role in its committees and other organisations.
WOMEN
:( When did women + chartism diminish?
1848
M.C
:) Anti-Corn Law League
ACLL was formed in Manchester 1838 with strong financial support provided by a number of rich industrialists.
They argued that repealing the Corn Laws would benefit agricultural workers AND industrialists because it would encourage the growing trend towards free trade which would boost the economy.
M.C
:( Disunity between W.C and M.C experiences
W.C felt betrayed by the M.C because of the 1832 Reform Act and its failures.
MC = economy-driven WC = politically minded
