The Victorian Age

Queen Victoria reigned 1837-1901

was characterised by

TRADITIONAL

MORALITY

RESPECTABILITY

CULTURAL SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGES

INNOVATIONS AND INVENTIONS:

THE RAILWAY,PHOTOGRAPHY,ELECTRICITY,THE TELEPHONE

AGE OF MACHINERY

NEW MACHINES CREATED NEW FACTORIES , NEW INDUSTRIES NEEDED WORKERS

POOR FARMERS LEFT THE COUNTRYSIDE AND WENT TO LIVE IN TOWN

LONDON BECAME THE WORLD'S LARGEST CITY.MANCHESTER,LIVERPOOL,BIRMINGHAM=INDUSTRIAL CITIES.

RAPID INDUSTRIAL GROWTH , ECONOMIC DEVEOPMENT

1851 THE GREAT UNIVERSAL EXIBITHION

NAME CRYSTAL PALACE,HYDE PARK,LONDON,BUILT WITH GLASS AND IRON,NOW DESTROIED

SOCIETY

2 SOCIAL PARTS

RICH CLASSES

INDUSTRIAL MIDDLE CLASS

it was the protagonist of the century

in Parlament they obtained the aboition of the Corn Laws

POOR CLASSES

WORKING CLASS

LONG HOURS 14-6 H

CHILDREN AND WOMEN,EXPLOITATION

WOMEN= START TO PROTEST

RIGHT TO VOTE

SALARY

NOT ONLY"ANGEL OF THE HOUSE,BUT CARRER

SUFFRAGETTE MOUVIMENT