Editing Chartism (section)

==People's Charter of 1838==
In 1837, six [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Members of Parliament]] (MPs) and six working men, including [[William Lovett]], from the [[London Working Men's Association]], set up in 1836, formed a committee. In 1838, they published the ''People's Charter''. This set out the movement's six main aims.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.chartistancestors.co.uk/six-points/|title=The six points {{!}} chartist ancestors|work=chartist ancestors|access-date=2017-04-12|language=en-GB}}</ref> The achievement of these aims would give working men a say in lawmaking: they would be able to vote, their vote would be protected by a secret ballot, and they would be able to stand for election to the House of Commons as a result of the removal of property qualifications and the introduction of payment for MPs. None of these demands were new, but the People's Charter became one of the most famous political manifestos of 19th-century Britain.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=geewAAAAQBAJ&q=People's+Charter+became+one+of+the+most+famous+political+manifestos+of+19th-century+Britain&pg=PA82|title=The Society of Equals|last=Rosanvallon|first=Pierre|date=2013-11-15|publisher=[[Harvard University Press]]|isbn=978-0-674-72644-4|pages=82|language=en}}</ref>