HISTORY
NATIONALISM AND THE SPREAD OF DEMOCRACY
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It was unsuccessful, although most of its proposed reforms were eventually passed.
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It delivered a series of petitions to Parliament that resulted in major reforms.
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It succeeded in eliminating universal male suffrage but accomplished little else.
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It composed the Reform Act of 1832, which Parliament reluctantly passed.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Unrest. In June 1839, the Chartists’ petition was presented to the House of Commons with over 1.25 million signatures. It was rejected by Parliament. This provoked unrest which was swiftly crushed by the authorities.
Detailed explanation-2: -Relations between the government and Chartism were of mutual hostility. Chartists denounced Whigs and Tories as ‘tyrannical plundering’ governments. Politicians of both parties saw Chartists as enemies of property and public order. In 1842, the Duke of Wellington announced of the Chartists that: ‘Plunder is the object.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the years after the 1832 Reform Act an air of dissatisfaction became apparent regarding the legislative failure to enfranchise the nascent working classes. The Chartist movement would be born from such frustrations.