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In the 19th century industry developed in Great Britain. New machines left many workers out of work. Those who had work toiled for sixteen hours a day. Children began to work at six or eight years of age and worked for twelve hours a day. The workers joined Trade Unions to fight for their rights. They formed their demands into a Bill and called it “People’s Charter.”
The Charter was sent to industrial cities of the country. The workers held meetings there and sighed the Charter. The Charter was read to the House of Commons in Parliament, but the members of the Parliament rejected it. There were battles in the streets, strikes all over the country. Many workers were arrested and sent to prison.
Chartism was the first national political movement of the working class of Great Britain.
