It was supported by newspapers such as the Northern Star and advocated payment for MPs and universal over-21 male suffrage.
One leader of this group had earlier proposed the opening of the British Museum on Sundays. Joseph Rayner Stephens argued that this group was fighting for a "knife and fork, a bread and cheese question." This group set up the National Land Company to increase its political power. An encounter at the Westgate Hotel led to the imprisonment of members William Jones and John Frost. Another leader advocated for an untaxed (*) press, for which he was imprisoned. That man was James Watson. This group lost support after Feargus O'Connor submitted a petition that included Mr. Punch and Pugnose as signatories. It was supported by newspapers such as the Northern Star and advocated payment for MPs and universal over-21 male suffrage. For 10 points, name this 19th century English working class movement that supported of political reforms spelled out by its namesake document.
One leader of this group had earlier proposed the opening of the British Museum on Sundays.
Chartism or Chartists