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Victorian era:
-> 1837-1901
-> Economic growth
-> Coded society
-> strong after the defeat of Napoleon (1815)
-> Lost America (1783) but the British empire greatly expanded during the Victorian Era
->UK dominated the world
-> “the Age of Reforms”
Series of parliamentary reforms past to make voting fairer and more accessible
->Just before the Victorian Era: Reform Act of 1832
->Second Reform Act of 1867:
-> Ballot Act of 1872
->Corrupt and Illegal Practices Prevention Act of 1883
->Representation of People Act/ Third Reform Act of 1884
->Redistribution of Seats Act 1885
-> 5.5 million men eligible to vote vs 1 million before (women and very poor still couldn't vote)
BUT WHY THEN??
-> Quick economic growth
-> Rapid industrialization
->Rise of new technologies (machines, railways, etc.)
->Thriving economy
-> 1850-1870-> "Golden years"
-> Low taxes + little regulation=>many opportunities
-> Emerging Middle Class-> demanded more rights
-> Rigid class systems-> little mobility
-> 3 classes
-> Aristocrats, Nobles, Dukes, etc
-> Inherited wealth & status
-> Did not work + looked down on workers
->shopkeepers, merchants, clerks, businessmen, bankers, doctors, etc
-> Admired hard work, education, responsibility
-> Men married when financially stable (27-30 years old)
-> Helped the Victorian economy grow and prosper
-> Became very wealthy during the Victorian era, but no noble blood, so not upper class (rigid social structure)
-> Farmers, factory workers, etc.
-> Extreme poverty
-> Horrible working conditions
-> Children needed to work (in coal mines, factories etc.)-> child labor= big problem
-> No insurance
Era of contradictions:
-> promoting of Victorian values
-> prostitution, poor living conditions
social change and cultural development :
-> art, literature, theaters
-> play writers criticize their society in their plays, portray the hypocrisy of the people
What shocked you the most?
https://www.betterhelp.com/advice/morality/an-overview-of-victorian-morality/
https://study.com/academy/lesson/victorian-code-of-morality.html
https://www.academia.edu/9959001/Victorianism_An_overview_on_the_morality_
society _and_literature_of_the_19th_century_England_1837-1901_
http://www.localhistories.org/19thcent.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_house
https://www.sparknotes.com/history/european/1871/section6/
http://victorian-era.org/working-conditions-in-the-victorian-era.html
https://sites.google.com/site/thevictorianmiddleclass/