Chartist Convention of 1839

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The Chartist Convention of 1839 was a national assembly of British working-class reformers that coordinated the early Chartist movement’s campaign for political rights and the People’s Charter.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chartist movement event ⓘ
national assembly ⓘ
political convention ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
basedOn People’s Charter of 1838 ⓘ
chronology early phase of the Chartist movement ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
describedBySource 19th-century parliamentary debates ⓘ
Chartist newspapers ⓘ
modern histories of Chartism ⓘ
endTime 1839-09 ⓘ
followedBy Newport Rising ⓘ
later Chartist conventions ⓘ
hasEffect coordination of national Chartist petition ⓘ
heightening tensions between Chartists and the British government ⓘ
increased public awareness of Chartist demands ⓘ
hasPurpose to coordinate the early Chartist campaign for political rights ⓘ
to organize a national petition for parliamentary reform ⓘ
to promote the People’s Charter ⓘ
to represent working-class political demands ⓘ
historicalPeriod Victorian era ⓘ
historicalRegion Great Britain ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
location Birmingham ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

Manchester ⓘ
mainSubject People’s Charter ⓘ
electoral reform in the United Kingdom ⓘ
universal male suffrage ⓘ
working-class political representation ⓘ
movement Chartism ⓘ
opposedBy British government ⓘ
linked to: UK government

conservative political elites in the United Kingdom ⓘ
organizedBy Chartist movement ⓘ
linked to: Chartism
partOf 19th-century political history of the United Kingdom ⓘ
history of Chartism ⓘ
politicalAlignment radical reformist ⓘ
significantYear 1839 ⓘ
socialClassRepresented British working class ⓘ
startTime 1839-02 ⓘ
topic abolition of property qualifications for MPs ⓘ
annual parliaments ⓘ
equal electoral districts ⓘ
extension of the franchise ⓘ
parliamentary reform ⓘ
payment of Members of Parliament ⓘ
secret ballot ⓘ

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Feargus O'Connor → participatedIn → Chartist Convention of 1839 ⓘ