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Victorian Era (Start Of Term) - Coggle Diagram
Victorian Era (Start Of Term)
Children
Cold, poor conditions
Mines were unsafe
Didn't get much food
Afraid that if they didn't do their job, their masters would beat them
Not safe, they would get lung diseases from the fumes
Apprentices would work in the mills from the age of 9 from the times 5:30am-8:00pm
They were exploited
Children often died at 25
Five year old children would dig for coal at sweep chimneys
Wealthy children went to school and got an education
Gender
Men went to work
Women would stay at home, not work
Men were in charge
Women would look after the children at home
Men made the money
Women would clean
Queen Victoria
Married Prince Albert
People liked her
Controlled many different countries like India and Australia because of the British Empire
Less than 1 meter tall
Her and Albert had 9 children and 40 Grandchildren
Crowned at 18
Albert died at the age of 42 and she was very sad so she only wore black for a period of time after that
Survived 6 assassination attempts
Died in 1901
Longest reigning monarch at 62 years before Queen Elizabeth II died after 70 years on the throne
New Technology
Photos were first invented in this era
Industrial Revolution was in the time period
Telephone was invented at this time
Steam trains were invented in this era
Chocolate Easter Eggs were first used in this era
Key Facts
Charles Dickens Wrote at this time
The monarch at the time was Queen Victoria
1837-1901
Lots of poverty and overcrowding
The Suffragettes
Women were seen as less than men
Cholera was a disease which you got from drinking dirty water
Very few kids went to school
Big Ben, St Paul's Cathedral and Houses of Parliament were built then
Very dirty place