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Liverpool and Manchester Railway
The first public railroad in the world -
Period: to
The Victorian Period
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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 -
Period: to
First Opium War
War between Britain and the Quing dynasty -
Victoria's marriage
Queen Victoria married her German cousin -
Period: to
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