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Great Reform Act …

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1832

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GRA created … new constituencies in …

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67
industrial towns

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GRA = … of total pop. registered to vote, compared to … in …

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5.8%
17%
Baden, Germany

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GRA = … property qualification & no …

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£10
secret ballot

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William … and … - largely wc, established … to pursue further political reform

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Lovett
London Working Men’s Association (LWMA)
1936

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Thomas … and … - established … to campaign for wc suffrage, argued GRA ‘betrayal’

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Attwood
Birmingham Political Union (BPU)
1829

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Feargus … and … - wc organisation in North campaigning for …

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O’Connor
Great Northern Union
‘Five Cardinal Points of Radicalism’

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People’s Charter demanded: (6 things)

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universal manhood suffrage
secret ballot
annual parliaments
equal electoral districts
abolition of property qualifications for MPs
payment for MPs

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trade depression in … & poor harvests

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1837

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Newport Rising … = … miners & ironworkers marched from tows and villages in South Wales to …

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1839
nearly 10,000
Newport in Monmouthshire

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men, women & children worked … shifts during 1820s -> … formed across …

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15/16
Ten Hour movement & Short Time Committees
Lancashire & Yorkshire

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Factory Act … prevented children under … being employed

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1833
9

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Factory Act limited working hours of children aged … to …, adults still required to work …

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9-18
12 hours
5:40am - 8:30pm

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Anti-Poor Law campaign led by Chartists in …

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1834

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… by Henry … priced at penny, sold … copies a week, readership of … a week in …

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Poor Man’s Guardian
Hetherington
15,000
~160,000
1838

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(radical press) … imprisoned twice but kept publishing, joined by … established as foremost theorist of wc radicalism

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Hetherington
James ‘Bronterre’ O’Brien

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in … tax lowered so newspapers sold for …

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1836
1.5d

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Metropolitan Police Act … - … men

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1829
1,000

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Rural Police Act … - own police force for counties & boroughs

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1839

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Newport Uprising … - local gov ordered to be firm with Chartists (add info), criticised for slow response

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1839

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Plug Plot riots … - police & army go to trouble spots e.g. Yorkshire in …, … arrested & leaders sent to … for …

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1842
1839
100s
Australia
7 years

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1839-40 … Chartist leaders arrested

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500

23
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development of the electric telegraph …

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1840s

24
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Kennington Common …

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1848

25
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waves of railway mania … and … led to creation of network covering … by …

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1836-38
1844-46
5,000
1850

26
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Bull Ring riots … = authorities able to respond v quickly, sent … Met Police Officers to … in a few hours

A

1839
60
Birmingham

27
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… Major General Sir … placed in charge of … troops in … counties in Northern District (fact check)

A

??
Charles Napier
4,000
11

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Major General Napier = member of …, divided force into 3 by industrial centres, largest division … men in …

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Bath Working Men’s Association
2,800
South Lancashire

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National Convention …

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1839

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Feargus O’Connor formed … in … -> established … branches & … paying members

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National Chartist Association (NCA)
??
400
more than 70,000

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O’Connor newspaper = …

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Northern Star

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O’Connor’s ‘Land Plan’ = only … families ever settled under scheme, only … remained in possession of land by …

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250
46
1851

33
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… = education & moral force, wrote … and formed …

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William Lovett
‘Chartism: a new organisation for the people’ 1839
National Association Promoting the Political and Social Improvement of the People

34
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… string of good harvests & revival in trade

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1842

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… introduced reforms - Factory Act … improved previous legislation & placed limitations on working hours, Poor Law Act … repealed Poor Law Commission & Corn Laws repealed …

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Sir Robert Peel
1844
1847
1846

36
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women = … of signatures on … petition & initially involved in fundraising activities e.g. …

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1/3
1839
Chartist Sunday Schools, making banners & leaflets

37
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Chartists involved in unions e.g. …

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General Tailors’ Trade Protection Society
Miners’ Association of GB
I (MAGBI)

38
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National Chartist Convention (1839) = … out of … didn’t list lack of the vote as a grievance

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21
23

39
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London Working Men’s Association (4 things)

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founded by Lovett
focused on skilled workers
emphasis on education, self-improvement
criticised for being too moderate

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Birmingham Political Union (3 things)

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formed by Thomas Attwood, part of Great Reform Act
relaunched in 1837 because of economic depression
support from wc due to radicalism

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Great Northern Union

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founded by Feargus O’Connor in 1835, great orator who travelled the north of England & drummed up radical support
in 1837 started ‘Northern Star’ = most popular provincial newspaper in country

42
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formation of Chartism: meeting in … in … of … radicals that LMWA & BPU allied behind …

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Glasgow
1838
over 200,000
People’s Charter

43
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National Convention …, Chartist Petition … signatures

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1839
1.3mil

44
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gov. rejected People’s Charter in … by …, Convention dissolved …

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July 1839
235 votes to 46
Sep 1839

45
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Newport Rising … = … miners & ironworkers, authorities shot Chartists & … died

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1839
10,000
22

46
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Second Chartist Petition … collected … signatures = … of adult pop.

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1842
3mil
1/3

47
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Third Chartist Petition … -> meeting at Kennington Commmon, only … out of planned … showed, & parliamentary committee declared … of … signatures genuine

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1848
25,000
200,000
less than 2mil
5mil

A-level History - Protest, agitation, and parliamentary reform (3 decks)

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