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Chartist Movement 1838-48

Text Chartist Movement 1838-48

TLF ID M011243

This resource is about the Chartist Movement, a movement for the political rights of working people in Britain. It gives a brief history of the movement and describes the three petitions with millions of signatures that were presented to parliament in 1839,1842 and 1848. It is organised under the following headings: the 1848 petition; Demonstration in London; the Chartist story; a national movement; Chartist legacy; and Find out more.

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Educational value
  • This resource is useful for supporting the Australian Curriculum: History content description in year 9 relating to the role of an individual or group in the promotion of Chartism, and the responses to it from landowners. It explains the role of the popular leader and member of parliament Feargus O'Connor, who presented the third petition of Chartist demands to parliament in 1848. It shows that the propertied classes were hostile to the Chartists and tried to ensure the campaign and petition were seen as a failure.
  • The resource is useful for an examination of the emergence of the Chartist movement during the crisis of 1831-32 prior to the passing of the Reform Act, which gave the middle class, but not the working class, rights to the parliamentary system. This was further fuelled by the New Poor Law of 1834, which was regarded as draconian and an attack on the working class.
Year level

9

Topics Chartism Revolutions (Conflict)
Learning area
  • History

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Contributors
  • Copyright Holder
  • Name: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
  • Organization: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
  • Address: UNITED KINGDOM
  • URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk
  • Publisher
  • Name: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
  • Organization: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
  • Description: Publisher
  • Address: UNITED KINGDOM
  • URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk
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  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organisation: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
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  • Text
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Rights
  • Resource: BBC © 2012, except where indicated otherwise. You may download, copy and communicate this material for free, and use it in digital and hardcopy format for non-commercial educational use in Australian schools and TAFE institutions, provided you retain all acknowledgements associated with the material. 'Interactive' image: © Education Services Australia Limited 2012. You may copy, communicate and adapt this image for non-commercial educational purposes provided you retain all acknowledgements associated with the image.