Victorian Era

By natalie1221

  • Liverpool and Manchester Railway

    The first public railroad in the world
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    The Victorian Period

  • The Reform Act of 1832

    Transformed Britain's class structure

  • Utilitarianism

    Jeremy Bentham

  • Abolition of slavery

    Britain abolishes slavery

  • Inherits the throne

    Victoria inherits the throne from William IV

  • The Custody Act

    gave mothers the right to fight for her children
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    First Opium War

    War between Britain and the Quing dynasty

  • Victoria's marriage

    Queen Victoria married her German cousin
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    Victorian Literature

    New authors as well as novels rose

  • The Mines Act

    Act which sopped children from working in the mines

  • The Great Famine

    Famine in Ireland killing people and crops

  • Education for women

    First women's college established in London

  • Railway lines

    Britain's major cities were now connected

  • Trading

    Britain was the largest exporter and importer of goods in the world

  • Great Exhibition of 1851

    Exhibition to display England's technological advances

  • Immigration to Britain

    Population of Britain doubled

  • The Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act

    established a civil divorce court

  • Florence Nightingale

    Founds school for nurses in Britain

  • Death of Prince

    Prince Albert dies

  • Reform Act of 1867

    Step towards democratizing Britain by lowering fee to vote

  • Trade Union Act

    Made it legal for laborers to organize and protect their rights

  • The Factory Acts

    regulates the conditions of labor in mines and factories

  • Jack the Ripper

    Jack the Ripper, murderer, stalks London's East End

  • Queen Victoria's death

    Queen Victoria dies which ends her reign