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