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Why was Chartism a failure? The Chartist movement aimed to change the existing post 1832 political settlement to create a fairer, more representative system of franchise for the lower classes. Although Chartism had mass support (it gained 3 million signatures in the second petition of 1842) it failed to achieve its aims. There are many reasons for this, but primarily it was down to the strength of Peel's government. Yet it must be recognised that to dismiss Chartism as a total failure would be a complete injustice since it taught vital lessons to the working classes about how to organise themselves and also made them more aware of the abuse of their basic human rights. The attitudes of parliament contributed to the Chartists failing their objectives. Since the government had already been forced into change by popular pressure between 1830-32 (the Great Reform Act) they were not prepared to do so...

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