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  1. Radical British democratic movement, mainly
  2. of the working classes, which flourished
  3. around 1838-50. It derived its name from the
  4. People's Charter, a six-point programme
  5. comprising: universal male suffrage, equal
  6. electoral districts, secret ballot, annual
  7. parliaments, abolition of the property
  8. qualification for, and payment of, members of
  9. Parliament. Greater prosperity, lack of
  10. organization, and rivalry in the leadership
  11. led to its demise.
  12.