The Chartist Movement

GPTKB entity

Statements (43)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf political movement
gptkbp:activeDuring 1838-1857
gptkbp:advocatesFor payment_for_Members_of_Parliament
gptkbp:aimsTo universal suffrage
equal electoral districts
gptkbp:associatedWith working-class activism
gptkbp:availableIn internal divisions
failure to achieve goals
gptkbp:faced government authorities
middle-class reformers
gptkbp:historicalContext Victorian era
public opinion
political repression
social unrest
economic hardship
growth of trade unions
rise of the working class
reform acts
Chartist newspapers
expansion of the electorate
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Chartist Movement
gptkbp:influencedBy Industrial Revolution
gptkbp:inspiration future social movements
gptkbp:ledTo Chartist petitions
gptkbp:legacy influence on labor rights
influence on political parties
influence on democratic reforms
influence on later suffrage movements
gptkbp:notableFigures gptkb:George_Julian_Harney
gptkb:William_Lovett
Bronterre O'Brien
Feargus O'Connor
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:promoted secret ballot
gptkbp:resultedIn Chartism's decline
gptkbp:significantEvent The Newport Rising
The Plug Plot riots
The_Chartist_Convention_of_1848
The_Kennington_Common_rally
gptkbp:utilizes public demonstrations
pamphlets
newspapers
mass meetings