VICTORIAN AGE
The Opium Wars 1840: In 1840 because of trade of opium problems in China the war broke out and Britain won, the Britain is joined with France by opening trade
Ireland 1845/47:The nation suffred a devastating famine caused by a failure of the potato
The family Irish dependent the Americas and Australia
The Great Exhibition of works and industry: in 1851 in a revolutionary glass and iron structure known as the Crystal Palace, the Great Exhibition of Works and Industry
The Expanding Empire: The Victorian Age the greatest splendour and extension of the British Empire, these extension there are to be becaus of trade, many Enghlish emigrated to America beacuse there was so much poverty because of social classes too different
The Crimean War 1854-1856:The war fought by Britain with the France to halt the advance of the Russian empire, a war won but terible in terms of the death of human lives
The main colonies Canada, Australia and New Zeland
Conquest of several territories in Africa and in 1875 the conquest of Suez Canal
The Problems in Victorian Age:The main problems gave them this economic and territorial expansion that made too much difference between the social classes, an overpopulation and poverty in the country
The India Mutiny 1857:Social andrees there is competition between india and england
The Boer War 1899-1902: diamond and gold in South Africa
Evangelicalism and Utilitarianism
Social reform=abolition of the slave trade (and how slaver) W.Wilberforce
Useful is good0it's bad
if something not useful
J.Bertham
Darwinism
Theory of evolution
VICTORIAN MINDSET
Children, Education
women
Vote
Child labeur
The Victorian Compromise
Keeping up apparences
puritan
Puritan morality far vedere che hai moralità ma il realtà no