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Under Lord Melbourne and the Whigs, who
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reforms and the first restrictions on child labor in factories were approved.

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reform bill , extended voting rights to men with a certain amount of property, members of the labor movement demanded universal male suffrage and the demand went unheeded.

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Victoria was only eighteen years old when her uncle William IV died and, having no surviving legitimate children, left the crown to her niece in 1837.

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After the elections brought Sir Robert to power, he continued the gradual reform with new laws addressing mine and factory safety

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wheat crops in england have been ruined by devastating rains and potato crops in ireland, which is the staple food, have failed.

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Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations,
evidenced the general progress of Western civilization and the supremacy of England as the most industrially advanced country of its time.

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britain joins the fight against russia in the crimean war, in a series of mistakes and defeats the british military hailed a change, .

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palmerston became prime minister and receives credit for ending the war receives credit for ending the war with 1856 treaty guaranteeing turkish sovereignty

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charles darwin publishes on the origin of species

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disraeli won passage of the historic second reform bill, which extended the vote to working-class men, improved housing and sanitation, legalized labor unions and reformed factory conditions.

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Great Britain buys Egypt's shares in the Suez Canal, taking advantage of the Egyptian government's lack of liquidity and its need to pay off debts.

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Egypt becomes Protectorate of Great Britain

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The arrival of industry, especially in the garment industry, the GDP soars, mechanization and industrialization employ a sector of the population that had hitherto felt marginalized. Mechanization begins to take hold in factories.

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The Victorian era culminated with the death of Queen Victoria in January 1901, giving way to the Edwardian period, that is, the brief rule of her son Edward VII (1901-1910).