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THE REGENCY PERIOD 1820-1837, Gertrud Kattago - Coggle Diagram
THE REGENCY PERIOD
1820-1837
Regent-a person who rules a kingdom when the king or queen is not able to rule because he or she is sick, too young, etc.
Life in Regency England
Industrial Revolution
The Great Reform Act of 1832
Gave many more people the right to vote
Slavery Abolition Act of 1833
Abolished slavery in most British colonies
Poverty
Crowded slums
Gambling
Prostitution
Theft and violence
King George III's son as Prince Regent
William IV, George IV's brother 1830-1837
Queen Victoria 1837
became King George IV
Arts and culture
Cultural flowering since it overlapped with Romanticism
Neoclassical style in architecture
Jane Austen and Lord Byron
Plays of William Shakespeare
Fashion
Waistlines began to drop
Influenced by gothic and romantic styles
Elaborate hats and hairstyles
High collars of velvet or fur
Parliament’s Regency Act of 1811
Allowed King George III's son to rule instead of him
Gertrud Kattago
