Chartist Demands

Question 1

Response to the 1832 act

Answer 1

People became jaded by the sense of favouritism that the 1832 act had established and measures such as the 1833 factory act only benefited those in the textile industry

Question 2

The people’s charter

Answer 2

• equal representation
• universal manhood suffrage for those 21 years old
• annual parliament
• the removal of property qualifications for MPs
• secret ballot
• payment of MPs

Question 3

Nature of the membership

Answer 3

During the time economic prosperity, membership declined because people felt their conditions to be acceptable and vice versa. This fluctuation gave rise to the doubts of the overall political motives - were they just a product of the economic climate. However their large following was difficult to ignore

Question 4

Leadership - physical force

Answer 4

Feargus o Connor and James Bronterre o Brian were more disposed too offering a challenge e.g strikes and armed revolutions

Question 5

Leadership - moral force

Answer 5

William Lovett and Thomas Atwood were keen to use peaceful means e.g pamphlets and petitions

Question 6

1st petition

Answer 6

Signed by over 1 million people in may 1839 however the government only gave 46 votes in favour with this failure the physical force Chartists embarked on the sacred month

Question 7

Second petition

Answer 7

1842 with 3 mil signatures

Question 8

Kennington common

Answer 8

10th April chartist demonstration which was followed by a third bill represented to parliament. With 5 mil signatures however the government declared to the meeting illegal and enrolled 150000 special constables

Question 9

Who were the main members of the Chartists

Answer 9

Mainly craftsmen and skilled workers

Question 10

Newport rising

Answer 10

November 1839: 5000 miners in South Wales protest against the failure of the first petition

Question 11

What was the impact of the Newport rising

Answer 11

Between 1839 and 1841 500 charists got arrested

Question 12

London working men’s association

Answer 12

1836 heralded the beginnings of the chartist movement , founded by William Lovett and Thomas Atwood with the intention of demanding further political reform so that working people might be accurately represented

Question 13

Land plan

Answer 13

By fergus O’Connor who hoped give land to w/c families in rural areas
And by 1848, 70000 people had signed up

Question 14

Repeal of the corn laws 1846

Answer 14

Due to hunger politics this decreased their members