Chartism was the name of a variety of protest movements in England during the 1830s and 1840s, which aimed to bring about change in social and economic conditions through political reform. Its name comes from the People's Charter, a six-point petition presented to the House of Commons with the hope of having it made law. As described in Document 1, the six points included annual parliaments, universal manhood suffrage, and abolition of the property qualification for …
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…implementation of violence, questioned the creditability of Chartism because riots and demonstrations has had a long history with lower class protest. The three petitions that were affirmed by the Chartist did not have immediate success. Eventually, the Charter's points were enacted into law, all but the annual parliaments. The importance of Chartism was that it made the working class politically conscious; however, the lack of focus does not allow it to be accredited as revolutionary.