British History: Chartism
What were the causes of Urban Protest in Merthyr in May-June 1831?
PESCRMT
Merthyr Rising 1831
P
Political
Political moves have disappeared.
Right to vote.
Making it sound grim as trying to pass a law.
Court of request.
E
Economy
Keep up wages of miners.
“Scotch Cattle” “Truck System” “Tommy Shop”
Child labour – it’s cheaper. ‘trapper’
S
Social
Children working
Unhygienic living and unsanitary conditions.
C
Cultural
Children working.
R
Religious
Chapels encouraged to join in running their religious bodies, Sunday schools and day schools to provide education.
M
Military
Crawshay says it’s a political uprising but the home office disagrees!!
Chartism: Reverend J.R. Stevens His idea of Chartism is that everyone has equal rights and having the right to vote will help to improve people’s standard of life, living conditions, wages etc.. Universal suffrage “knife and fork question”.
Chartists
In Leicester, many chartists worked in the textiles industries. They were finding it harder and harder to get work.
Chartists wanted change and put their demands into a charter.
William Corah hoped that parliament would accept demands in the charter, they believed that this would make their lives better.
6 Points of the People’s Charter
A vote for every man, twenty-one years of age, of sound mind and not undergoing punishment for crime.
The ballot, to protect the elector in the exercise of the vote.
No property qualifications for members of parliament, enabling the constituencies to return the man of their choice, be he rich or poor.
Payment of members, enabling an honest tradesman , working man, or other person, to serve a constituency, when taking from his business to attend to the interest of the country.
Equal constituencies, securing the same amount of representation for the same number of electors, instead of allowing small constituencies to swamp the votes of large ones.
Annual parliaments, presenting the most effectual
PESCRMT
Merthyr Rising 1831
P
Political
Political moves have disappeared.
Right to vote.
Making it sound grim as trying to pass a law.
Court of request.
E
Economy
Keep up wages of miners.
“Scotch Cattle” “Truck System” “Tommy Shop”
Child labour – it’s cheaper. ‘trapper’
S
Social
Children working
Unhygienic living and unsanitary conditions.
C
Cultural
Children working.
R
Religious
Chapels encouraged to join in running their religious bodies, Sunday schools and day schools to provide education.
M
Military
Crawshay says it’s a political uprising but the home office disagrees!!
Chartism: Reverend J.R. Stevens His idea of Chartism is that everyone has equal rights and having the right to vote will help to improve people’s standard of life, living conditions, wages etc.. Universal suffrage “knife and fork question”.
Chartists
In Leicester, many chartists worked in the textiles industries. They were finding it harder and harder to get work.
Chartists wanted change and put their demands into a charter.
William Corah hoped that parliament would accept demands in the charter, they believed that this would make their lives better.
6 Points of the People’s Charter
A vote for every man, twenty-one years of age, of sound mind and not undergoing punishment for crime.
The ballot, to protect the elector in the exercise of the vote.
No property qualifications for members of parliament, enabling the constituencies to return the man of their choice, be he rich or poor.
Payment of members, enabling an honest tradesman , working man, or other person, to serve a constituency, when taking from his business to attend to the interest of the country.
Equal constituencies, securing the same amount of representation for the same number of electors, instead of allowing small constituencies to swamp the votes of large ones.
Annual parliaments, presenting the most effectual