CCEA A-Level History 4010
England 1509–58AS Unit 1
England 1603–49AS Unit 1
Britain in the Age of Reform 1830–80AS Unit 1
Italy and Germany 1815–71AS Unit 1
Germany 1919–45AS Unit 1
Spain and Europe 1556–98AS Unit 2
The Ascendancy of France in Europe 1660–1714AS Unit 2
Ireland 1823–67AS Unit 2
France 1815–70AS Unit 2
Russia 1914–41AS Unit 2
Italy's Quest for Great Power Status 1871–1943AS Unit 2
Crown and Parliament in England 1625–1714A2 Unit 1
Ireland Under the Union 1800–1900A2 Unit 1
The Causes and Consequences of Great Power Conflict 1848–1945A2 Unit 1
The American Presidency 1901–2000A2 Unit 1
Clash of Ideologies in Europe 1900–2000A2 Unit 1
England 1558–1603A2 Unit 2
Ireland 1685–1714A2 Unit 2
Ireland 1778–1803A2 Unit 2
Partition of Ireland 1900–25A2 Unit 2
Britain in the Age of Reform 1830–80
The People's Charter, Lovett and O'Connor
- 3 things to know
- AS Unit 1
Overview
Six points of the People's Charter and chartist Land Plan.
What you need to know
Answer each one before you reveal it.
Why was payment of members included?
Why was the secret ballot demanded?
Questions from this subtopic
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- 1
List the six points of the People's Charter.
Model answer
The Charter demanded universal manhood suffrage, the secret ballot, annual parliaments, equal electoral districts, payment of members and the abolition of the property qualification for members.
- 2
Why was payment of members included?
Model answer
Without a salary only men of independent means could serve, so payment was necessary if working men were ever to sit in the Commons.
- 3
Why was the secret ballot demanded?
Model answer
Open voting exposed tenants and workmen to intimidation by landlords and employers, so the ballot was the guarantee that a widened franchise would be real.
- 4
Which of the six points has never been enacted?
Model answer
Annual parliaments have never been adopted; the other five eventually became law.
- 5
Who was William Lovett?
Model answer
Lovett was a London cabinet-maker who founded the London Working Men's Association and drafted the Charter with the help of the radical tailor Francis Place.
- 6
Summarise Lovett's strategy.
Model answer
Lovett believed in moral force: education, temperance, self-improvement and peaceful petitioning would prove working men fit for the vote and win middle-class allies.
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