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THE LATER YEARS OF QUEEN VICTORIA - Coggle Diagram
THE LATER YEARS OF QUEEN VICTORIA
AFTER THE DEATH OF PRINCE ALBERT IN 1861
QUEEN VICTORIA WITHDREW FROM PUBLIC LIFE FOR TEN YEARS
BUT REMAINED AN INFLUENTIAL FIGURE DESPITE POLITICAL CHANGES
DURING THIS PERIOD, THE LIBERAL PARTY
LED BY WILLIAM GLADSTONE, EMERGED FROM THE FORMER WHIGS AND RADICALS
WHILE THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY, UNDER BENJAMIN DISRAELI
CONSOLIDATED ITSELF AS THE MAIN FORCE
DISRAELI WAS PRIME MINISTER IN 1868 AND RETURNED TO POWER IN 1874
DURING HIS SECOND TERM, THE GOVERNMENT PASSED IMPORTANT SOCIAL LEGISLATION
AND THE FACTORY ACT 1878 TO LIMIT WORKING HOURS
GLADSTONE SERVED AS PRIME MINISTER FOUR TIMES STARTING IN 1868
FOCUSING HIS REFORMS PRIMARILY ON EDUCATION
THE EDUCATION ACT OF 1870 INITIATED A NATIONAL SCHOOL SYSTEM
MAKING PRIMARY EDUCATION COMPULSORY FROM 1880
GLADSTONE WAS RE-ELECTED THREE TIMES
AND THE THIRD REFORM ACT OF 1884 EXTENDED THE FRANCHISE TO ALL MALE HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS
INCLUDING MINERS AND AGRICULTURAL WORKERS, STRENGTHENING THE ROLE OF PUBLIC OPINION
IN THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY BRITAIN'S VICTORY OVER FRANCE LED TO GLOBAL HEGEMONY
THANKS TO ITS NAVAL POWER AND ECONOMIC STRENGTH. HOWEVER
AFTER WATERLOO ITS FOREIGN POLICY BECAME DEFENSIVE
IN 1877QUEEN VICTORIA WAS PROCLAIMED EMPRESS OF INDIA,
CONSOLIDATING BRITISH RULE OVER A VAST EMPIRE THAT COVERED
4 MILLION SQUARE MILES AND RULED OVER 400 MILLION PEOPLE
INDIA WAS CRUCIAL BOTH ECONOMICALLY BY 1850 THE EAST INDIA COMPANY DOMINATED MUCH OF INDIA
INDIA ONCE THE WORLD'S LEADING PRODUCER OF COTTON TEXTILES BECAME THE LARGEST IMPORTER OF BRITISH COTTON
THE VICTORIAN ERA ENDED WITH THE DEATH OF QUEEN VICTORIA IN 1901
HER GOLDEN AND DIAMOND JUBILEESCELEBRATING 50 AND 60 YEARS ON THE THRONE RESPECTIVELY
VICTORIA WAS BURIED IN FROGMORE MAUSOLEUMNEXT TO HER BELOVED HUSBAND
PRINCE ALBERT, AT WINDSOR CASTLE.