Chartism in A Sentence

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    Chartism begins with a fierce attack upon the laissez faire theory, which showed blindness to this necessity.

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    Chartism in London reflected traditional English radicalism dating back to Cartwright in the 1770s.

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    In 1847 he was returned for Nottingham, and in 1848 he presided at a Chartist demonstration on Kennington Common, which caused great alarm (see Chartism).

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    On the 10th of April 1848, a day famous in the history of Chartism, Ruskin was married at Perth to Euphemia Chalmers Gray, a lady of great beauty, of a family long intimate with the Ruskins.

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    The plight of the silk weavers in Spitalfields played a part in London Chartism.

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    Their preparations excited general alarm, and on the invitation Chartism of the government no less than 170,000 special constables were sworn in to protect life and property against a rabble.