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To What extent is it fair to say that 'the work of the chartist came to nothing?'
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To What extent is it fair to say that 'the work of the chartist came to nothing?' Chartism failed, but the charter didn't. I say this because by the end of a 20 year reign as the foremost supported campaign nationwide, Chartism didn't achieve a single one of its demands. Over drastic requests for the time, an unwillingness to consolidate together and a reluctance to accept middle class support, destroyed the chances of what was mostly a very reasonable charter from being accepted in its lifetime. The fact that over the next century, under much less pressure the government reformed to meet 5 out of the 6 requests of the charter shows that the violent and obtuse methods of the Chartist put the movement back up to 70 years. Indeed the methods of the chartist often repulsed their fellow members to join other causes as C. Thorne wrote "Many Chartist turned after...
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