https://padlet.com/treisybarrios/eiqjq5rg9e7lpzj5 1832-1901 en-us 2023-05-28 22:59:13 UTC 2025-11-06 00:29:45 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f353.png treisybarrios https://padlet.com/treisybarrios/eiqjq5rg9e7lpzj5/wish/2607512463 Lord Melbourne and the Whigs, held power for much of this decade, passed many long-sought reforms, including slavery in British empires and the first restrictions on child labor in factories.]]> 2023-05-29 03:45:05 UTC https://padlet.com/treisybarrios/eiqjq5rg9e7lpzj5/wish/2607512463 treisybarrios https://padlet.com/treisybarrios/eiqjq5rg9e7lpzj5/wish/2607519427 During this period of growth and change, the number of the middle class grew, the lives of the workers, the upper class improved.]]> 2023-05-29 03:55:45 UTC https://padlet.com/treisybarrios/eiqjq5rg9e7lpzj5/wish/2607519427 treisybarrios https://padlet.com/treisybarrios/eiqjq5rg9e7lpzj5/wish/2607523503 Started a war with China led to the British takeover, also kept France out of Egypt and Russia out of Turkey.]]> 2023-05-29 04:00:51 UTC https://padlet.com/treisybarrios/eiqjq5rg9e7lpzj5/wish/2607523503 treisybarrios https://padlet.com/treisybarrios/eiqjq5rg9e7lpzj5/wish/2607524758 After the election, gradual reform continued, with new laws addressing safety in mines and factories.]]> 2023-05-29 04:02:52 UTC https://padlet.com/treisybarrios/eiqjq5rg9e7lpzj5/wish/2607524758 treisybarrios https://padlet.com/treisybarrios/eiqjq5rg9e7lpzj5/wish/2607525938 Devastating rains damaged England's wheat crop and allowed disease to wipe out Ireland's potato crop.]]> 2023-05-29 04:05:04 UTC https://padlet.com/treisybarrios/eiqjq5rg9e7lpzj5/wish/2607525938 treisybarrios https://padlet.com/treisybarrios/eiqjq5rg9e7lpzj5/wish/2607526922 Turkey threatened again, Great Britain joined the fight against Russia in the Crimean War.]]> 2023-05-29 04:07:03 UTC https://padlet.com/treisybarrios/eiqjq5rg9e7lpzj5/wish/2607526922 treisybarrios https://padlet.com/treisybarrios/eiqjq5rg9e7lpzj5/wish/2607527845 Albert died, Victoria mourned him for the rest of her life, withdrawing even more from government affairs.]]> 2023-05-29 04:08:43 UTC https://padlet.com/treisybarrios/eiqjq5rg9e7lpzj5/wish/2607527845 treisybarrios https://padlet.com/treisybarrios/eiqjq5rg9e7lpzj5/wish/2607529503 Secretly negotiated with the British for the government of a large stake in the newly completed Suez Canal in Egypt.]]> 2023-05-29 04:11:41 UTC https://padlet.com/treisybarrios/eiqjq5rg9e7lpzj5/wish/2607529503 treisybarrios https://padlet.com/treisybarrios/eiqjq5rg9e7lpzj5/wish/2607531760 Fascinated by the heroic exploits of his explorers, missionaries and empire builders in Africa and Asia, most British citizens also supported Disraeli's imperialism, although at the time of his death, that had faded.]]> 2023-05-29 04:15:51 UTC https://padlet.com/treisybarrios/eiqjq5rg9e7lpzj5/wish/2607531760 treisybarrios https://padlet.com/treisybarrios/eiqjq5rg9e7lpzj5/wish/2607532977 People patriorcally celebrated Victoria's golden jubilee, marking her 50th year of rule.]]> 2023-05-29 04:18:00 UTC https://padlet.com/treisybarrios/eiqjq5rg9e7lpzj5/wish/2607532977 treisybarrios https://padlet.com/treisybarrios/eiqjq5rg9e7lpzj5/wish/2607534467 British colonial expansion into Africa resulted in the Boer War, which boosted public patriotism and further weakened the anti-imperialist Liberal Party.]]> 2023-05-29 04:20:37 UTC https://padlet.com/treisybarrios/eiqjq5rg9e7lpzj5/wish/2607534467 treisybarrios https://padlet.com/treisybarrios/eiqjq5rg9e7lpzj5/wish/2607535395 A new Labor Party was formed, it would become a dominant political force in the new century, and the Boer War would be the prelude to the most devastating war of the modern era.]]> 2023-05-29 04:22:03 UTC https://padlet.com/treisybarrios/eiqjq5rg9e7lpzj5/wish/2607535395