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The Victorian Age 1837 – 1901 (British Colonial Empire (Canada,…
The Victorian Age
1837 – 1901
Victoria of Hanover
(King William IV’s niece)
She married her cousin Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
in 1840
The Chartist Movement
Workers asked for a Charter of social reforms:
secret voting
The Parliament refused and the Chartist Movement disappeared
universal male suffrage
representation of the working classes
in Parliament
Trade Union Movement
in 1875 the Trade Union Act legalised the unions
The right to strike was confirmed
Second
Reform Bill
in 1867
The right to vote was extended to town workers
Third
Reform Bill
in 1884
The right to vote was extended to country labourers and miners
The foundation of the
Labour Party
in 1893
Ireland
question
Ireland demanded
Home Rule
but it was rejected by the Conservatives
British
Colonial
Empire
Canada, Australia, the West Indies, India, Egypt, South Africa
Construction of the
Suez Canal
in 1869
In 1876 Queen Victoria became
Empress of India
Crimean war
1854 - 1856
between Turkey and Russia over the boundaries of the Turkish Empire
France and England declared war on Russia taking the side of Turkey
Russia was defeated
Treaty of Paris in 1856
Britain supported
Cavour
and the
Italian Risorgimento
Education Act
in 1870
Elementary education becomes compulsory