Abstract
Abstract British Chartism was the first national working‐class movement for democracy. Chartism was named for supporters of the People's Charter, a document for constitutional reform published in 1838 as the product of a year of collaboration at ongoing political meetings at the Crown and Anchor Tavern on the Strand in London. William Lovett of the London Workingmen's Association was principal author; he then helped establish the political campaign. The six points of the People's Charter were universal (male) suffrage, equal electoral districts, abolition of the property requirement for members of parliament, payment for members of parliament, annual elections, and the secret ballot.
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