The socialist movement that became more widespread in the 1848 revolution, the Chartist movement, and the aftermath, laid the groundwork for the emergence of the Welfare state (Briggs 1961, 222; Ishay 2004, 124-126). Chartism was a working class movement, which emerged in 1836 and was most active between 1838 and 1848. The aim of the Chartists was to gain political rights and influence for the working classes. Chartism got its name from the formal petition, or People's Charter, that listed the six main aims of the movement.