Chartists Dbq

The actions from the Luddites, Chartists, and the Sadler Committee were a reaction to Classical Liberalism. The extent of those actions reacting to Classical Liberalism is to the extent of social, political, and economic change.

The Luddites were individuals who suffered from low wages, dangerous working conditions, and frequent unemployment. The individuals in these situations often found themselves getting replaced by machines, which started in textile mills. The luddites were often found breaking the machines in protest between 1811 and 1816, this started the “Luddite Movement”. Then the Luddites who were known for breaking the machines were known also known as the “Army of Redressers”, where the group of Luddites were notorious for breaking into factories and destroy the machines. The Luddites specifically objected to the industrial advancement of machines. They believed that the machines affected their way of life by taking away their jobs. The Luddites were forced

Eventually in 1832, the Parliament passed a Reform Bill that extent the right to vote to mostly all middle class men. This meant about 20 percent of men were able to vote, but urban or rural workers could not vote. However, the Chartists continued to demand the right to vote for all workers. In 1839, the Chartists presented a document to the Parliament, which in the end was rejected by the House of Commons. This led to a violent disruption from the Chartists and threats of strikes, this was known as the Chartist movement. However, the Chartist movement died out in the 1850s and most of their demands eventually became law. These actions were a reaction to Classical Liberalism because during the time only certain people could have political power and the Chartist opposed that belief, that they wanted the workers to also have political