The later years of Queen Victoria's Reign by Andreas Cristian Rotarasu

The British Empire: The largest empire ever seen

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Colonial Wars: China, India, Ottoman Empire

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A new trade route to the East: The Suez Canal (1875)

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Conservatives and Liberals: The Two Prime Ministers

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-Disraeli's government passed and Artisans' and Labourers' Dwellings Act in 1875, which allowed to clear the slums and provide housing to the poor;

-Gladstone's government passed the 1870 Education Act, which established primary education

Urbanization

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-More people in towns than in the country

-Important reforms to improve living conditions

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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to heaven, we were all doing direct the other way--in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.
~Charles Dickens, opening line of A Tale of Two Cities

There is a great deal of unmapped country within us.
~George Eliot

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-There was a growing pessimism influencing intellectuals and artists, who expressed their doubts about the stability of Victorian society;

-The consequencies of Industrialization started to be relevant in everyday life;