Do you agree with the view that, in the years 1838-48, attempts to enact the Charter failed because the Chartists’ political campaigns were undermined by Chartist violence?
09/12/12 Sam Lardner
6HI02/B – British Political History in the 19th Century
(b) (i) Use Sources 4, 5 and 6 and your own knowledge. Do you agree with the view that, in the years 1838-48, attempts to enact the Charter failed because the Chartists’ political campaigns were undermined by Chartist violence?
It can be perceived that violence undermined the Chartist’s political campaigns, eventually leading to the fail of the Charter induction. Multiple occurrences of violent acts broke out across the country that led to destruction of property and damages, often resulting in the loss of respectable support. Many also interpret that general leadership, the government and economy also impacted Chartism, ultimately resulting in the failure of its principles. Analysing the sources 4, 5 and 6 it is clear that their political campaigns were undermined by Chartist violence but leadership was more significant in undermining the Chartists’ political campaigns.
One factor that significantly impacted the political campaigns of the Chartists and ultimately led to the failed induction of the Charter is Leadership. A difference in opinion and varied ways of governing would prove to create problems for the Chartist movement and lead to its eventual failure. Source 4, Crime and Punishment in England from John Briggs published in 1996, analyses the damage of violence but how leadership problems would lead to these events occurring. It is the least reliable of the three sources as it has less factual detail than the others. It states ‘the immediate consequence was the loss of respectable support’ this is a result if their followers were to lose sight and resort to physical force. It is made apparent that this was a problem for radical reformers and justifies that their leadership would inevitably create such events and causes them to create
6HI02/B – British Political History in the 19th Century
(b) (i) Use Sources 4, 5 and 6 and your own knowledge. Do you agree with the view that, in the years 1838-48, attempts to enact the Charter failed because the Chartists’ political campaigns were undermined by Chartist violence?
It can be perceived that violence undermined the Chartist’s political campaigns, eventually leading to the fail of the Charter induction. Multiple occurrences of violent acts broke out across the country that led to destruction of property and damages, often resulting in the loss of respectable support. Many also interpret that general leadership, the government and economy also impacted Chartism, ultimately resulting in the failure of its principles. Analysing the sources 4, 5 and 6 it is clear that their political campaigns were undermined by Chartist violence but leadership was more significant in undermining the Chartists’ political campaigns.
One factor that significantly impacted the political campaigns of the Chartists and ultimately led to the failed induction of the Charter is Leadership. A difference in opinion and varied ways of governing would prove to create problems for the Chartist movement and lead to its eventual failure. Source 4, Crime and Punishment in England from John Briggs published in 1996, analyses the damage of violence but how leadership problems would lead to these events occurring. It is the least reliable of the three sources as it has less factual detail than the others. It states ‘the immediate consequence was the loss of respectable support’ this is a result if their followers were to lose sight and resort to physical force. It is made apparent that this was a problem for radical reformers and justifies that their leadership would inevitably create such events and causes them to create