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1
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What Did Feargus O’Connor do before chartism?

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  • MP for county Cork 1832-1835

- supported by London radicals

2
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What were O’Connor’s main contributions to chartism?

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  • The Northern Star (est. 1837) -> made Chartism a national, unified political force
  • imprisoned for 18 months for seditious libel
  • set up Land Plan
  • presented 1848 petition
  • only chartist MP after 1847 election
3
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What were O’Connor’s core beliefs?

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-physical force
-language and threat of violence used as a political strategy
(avoided involvement in Newport uprising 1839)

4
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What were O’Connor’s attributes?

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Powerful speaker

flamboyant, engaging and charismatic

5
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How was O’Connor criticised?

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  • raised unrealistic expectations

- land Plan as backward looking and impractical

6
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What were William Lovett’s main contributions to Chartism?

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  • founded the LWMA in 1836, from which emerged the chartist movement
  • wrote six points of the charter
  • leading member of the NC
  • adopted knowledge Chartism, marginalised from Chartism by 1842
7
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What were Lovett’s core beliefs?

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  • Moral Force
  • get the vote by demonstrating they are worthy of it through responsible behaviour
  • proposed a national system of education - believed it was essential to educate the w/c
8
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How was Lovett criticised?

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O’Connor was furious about Lovett’s 1840 scheme, claiming it would destroy chartist unity
– used Northern Star to stir up opposition against Lovett

9
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What did Lovett do after Chartism?

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  • advocate of teetotalism, abolition of slavery and international peace