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If you would like to find out more about Chartism then here are a few websites that will provide great starting points:

chartists.net/ This site includes details about the Newport Uprising – including details about the well known leaders (John Frost, Zephaniah Williams and William Jones) as well as many of the ordinary working men who were killed or arrested as a result of the march and protest. The site also provides details of the Chartist movement across the UK as well as the impact overseas and the views of some of the UK's wealthy landowners.

www.historyhome.co.uk/peel/chartism/whatchar.htm This site links the development of Chartism across the UK with the social developments of the Industrial Revolution.

The Chartists across the UK saw the gaining of political rights through the implementation of fair and free elections as a key way of improving the conditions of men throughout the country. To find out more about the political rights that we have today visit one of these sites:

www.electoralcommission.org.uk/ (The Electoral Commission)

www.electoral-reform.org.uk/ (The Electoral Reform Society)

www.makemyvotecount.org.uk/news.html (Make my vote count)