Chartist Land Plan

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The Chartist Land Plan was a 19th-century British social and political reform scheme led by Feargus O'Connor that aimed to resettle urban workers on small rural plots to secure them the property qualification for voting.

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Chartist 1
Chartist Land Plan canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chartist movement initiative ⓘ
land reform scheme ⓘ
political reform scheme ⓘ
aim extend political rights to working class men ⓘ
resettle urban workers on small rural plots ⓘ
secure property qualification for voting ⓘ
alternativeName National Land Plan ⓘ
O'Connor's Land Scheme ⓘ
companyName National Land Company ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
criticizedFor lottery-style allocation of land ⓘ
unrealistic financial assumptions ⓘ
dissolutionDate early 1850s ⓘ
endCause administrative problems ⓘ
financial mismanagement ⓘ
legal difficulties ⓘ
feature construction of cottages on plots ⓘ
rent or mortgage payments to the company ⓘ
goal create a class of independent smallholders ⓘ
enable parliamentary franchise through property ownership ⓘ
reduce urban poverty ⓘ
historicalSignificance experiment in working-class land ownership ⓘ
part of broader Chartist campaign for the vote ⓘ
ideology Chartism ⓘ
agrarianism ⓘ
democratic reform ⓘ
implementedAt Heronsgate ⓘ
Lowbands ⓘ
Minster Lovell ⓘ
Snigs End ⓘ
inspiredBy ideas of small-scale proprietorship ⓘ
investigationBy House of Commons Select Committee ⓘ
leader Feargus O'Connor ⓘ
legalForm joint-stock company ⓘ
legalStatus declared illegal as a lottery-like scheme ⓘ
locationOfHeadquarters London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
method allocation of plots by ballot ⓘ
purchase of estates ⓘ
subdivision of land into smallholdings ⓘ
movement Chartism ⓘ
oppositionFrom Board of Trade ⓘ
British government ⓘ
linked to: UK government
plotSize smallholdings of 2 to 4 acres ⓘ
proponent Feargus O'Connor ⓘ
relatedTo Chartist petitions ⓘ
People's Charter ⓘ
linked to: Chartism
startDate 1845 ⓘ
targetGroup industrial workers ⓘ
urban working class ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ

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Feargus O'Connor → notableFor → Chartist Land Plan ⓘ
Chartist Land Company → ideology → Chartist ⓘ
linked to: Chartist Land Plan