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Chartism: a people’s petition to Parliament
- early decades of the 1800s
- industrial revolution and economic changes
- Born movement called Chartism
- Which mainly seeks the vote for all men over the age of 21
- The first petition was presented
to Parliament in 1839
- Rejected
- 235 votes to 46
- Riots occur mainly in Birmingham
- Riots occur mainly in Birmingham
- 235 votes to 46
- Rejected
- The second petition was
presented to Parliament in 1842
- Rejected
- 287 votes to 49
- Riots occur again, this
time in Lancashire
- Riots occur again, this
time in Lancashire
- 287 votes to 49
- Rejected
- In 1848 a third Chartist petition was
presented (the ‘Monster Petition’.)
- It had less than two million signatures, many false
- Despite the fiasco of this petition, the
Chartist movement gave expression to a
number of proposals to produce a
reformed parliamentary system
- Universal manhood suffrage
- abolition of the property qualification
- Process of reform was slow and was not fully achieved until the early 20th century
- Process of reform was slow and was not fully achieved until the early 20th century
- secret ballot
- Universal manhood suffrage
- It had less than two million signatures, many false
- The first petition was presented
to Parliament in 1839
- This had the previous movement: CNGTU
- previous movements brought riots
- previous movements brought riots
- Which mainly seeks the vote for all men over the age of 21
- Born movement called Chartism
- industrial revolution and economic changes
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