British Chartism
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The outcome of the social revolutions of 1830-1833 left Europe in a general sense of discontent. Governments were doing their best to limit democratic movements by restricting voting privileges to the wealthier middle classes. Limited voting power kept the Whig party “safe” from radic ....
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.... had already taken place.
In 1838, the cabinet-maker William Lovett and the tailor Francis Place wrote the “People’s Charter”. It is best known for its “Six Points”, which proposed the following: universal manhood sufferage, equal electoral districts, vote by ballot, payment of members of Parliament, removal of the property qualification for the Members of Parliament, and annual general elections. The first five of these demands were granted (even though it to ....
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