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THE DOWN OF THE VICTORIAN AGE - Coggle Diagram
THE DOWN OF THE VICTORIAN AGE
QUEEN VICTORIA ASCENDED THE THRONE AT THE AGE OF 18 IN 1837
RULING FOR 64 YEARS
SHE BECAME THE IDEAL HEAD OF A CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY BECAUSE OF HER SENSE OF DUTY
BY REMAINING SEPARATE FROM POLITICS SHE NEVERTHELESS PROVIDED STABILITY
IN 1840 SHE MARRIED PRINCE ALBERT OF SAXE-COBURG-GOTHA
AND THEY HAD NINE CHILDREN
PROVIDING A MODEL OF FAMILY RESPECTABILITY
VICTORIA RELIED ON HER HUSBAND'S ADVICE AND HELP.
AND IN 1857 GAVE HIM THE TITLE OF PRINCE CONSORT IN RECOGNITION OF HIS IMPORTANCE TO THE COUNTRY
THE 1830S WERE THE BEGINNING OF THE ‘AGE OF REFORM’
THE FIRST REFORM ACT HAD TRANSFERRED VOTING PRIVILEGES FROM SMALL BOROUGHS TO LARGE INDUSTRIAL CITIES
THE POOR LAW AMENDMENT ACT
REFORMED THE OLD POOR LAWS, DATING BACK TO ELIZABETH I,
WITH THE CREATION OF WORKHOUSES, INSTITUTIONS WHERE THE POOR RECEIVED ACCOMMODATION IN EXCHANGE FOR WORK.
LIFE IN THE WORKHOUSES WAS APPALLING GIVEN THE HARSH SYSTEM OF REGIMENTATION, .
WORK AND A MONOTONOUS DIET
AND HAD TO WEAR UNIFORMS THESE HOUSES WERE RUN BY THE CHURCH,
AND THE BASIC IDEA OF WORKHOUSES WAS THAT THE POOR SHOULD TRY TO IMPROVE CONDITIONS BECAUSE OF THE TERRIBLE LIFE
THE POOR WERE SEPARATED FROM THEIR FAMILIES
IN 1838, A WORKING CLASS GROUP PRODUCED A PEOPLE'S CHARTER, WHICH FAILED
THE CHARTER CALLED FOR EQUAL CONSTITUENCIES PAID PARLIAMENTARIANS:
ANNUALLY ELECTED PARLIAMENTS AND THE ABOLITION OF PROPERTY QUALIFICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP.
THE INFLUENCE OF THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER WAS FELT IN 1867,
WITH THE SECOND REFORM ACT TOOK THE URBAN WORKING CLASS MALE MEMBERSHIP FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ENGLAND AND WALES.
AND THEN IN 1872, THE SECRET BALLOT WAS INTRODUCED WITH THE BALLOT ACT
IN 1845, BAD WEATHER AND AN UNKNOWN PLANT DISEASE DESTROYED ALL POTATO CROPS.
A SEVERE FAMINE BEGAN IN IRELAND AS AGRICULTURE DEPENDED ON POTATOES.
DURING THIS FAMINE MANY PEOPLE DIED AND MANY EMIGRATED, MOSTLY TO AMERICA, IN SEARCH OF A BETTER LIFE.
THE IRISH CRISIS FORCED THE PRIME MINISTER, SIR ROBERT PEEL, .
TO ABOLISH THE CORN LAWS IN 1846 THAT IMPOSED TARIFFS ON IMPORTED CORN, KEEPING THE PRICE OF BREAD HIGH TO PROTECT LAND INTERESTS
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 19TH CENTURY, THERE WAS A SECOND WAVE OF INDUSTRIALISATION WITH ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL CHANGES
THERE WAS THE EXHIBITION AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE IN HYDE PARK.
THERE WERE MORE THAN 15,000 EXHIBITS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD WHERE THEIR PRODUCTS WERE DISPLAYED.
PEOPLE BECAME ATTACHED TO THE EXHIBITIONS, AND THE MONEY THEY EARNED WAS USED TO CREATE SEVERAL MUSEUMS,I
INCLUDING THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM, THE SCIENCE MUSEUM AND WHAT IS NOW CALLED THE VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM.
IN 1860, CONSTRUCTION OF THE LONDON UNDERGROUND BEGAN AND MADE TRANSPORTS QUICK AND CHEAP TO LARGE QUANTITIES OF RAW MATERIALS AND PRODUCTS.
MOREOVER, WITH THE RAILWAYS, IT WAS EASIER TO TRAVEL FOR WORK OR TO TRAVEL, AND THE MIDDLE CLASSES WENT TO LIVE IN THE SUBURBS INSTEAD OF THE CROWDED CENTERS