Group​ ​Members:

Daniel​ ​Fabra​ ​Isaac

Claudio​ ​Matias​ ​Ferreira

Slide​ ​1​:​ ​Title

Slide​ ​2​:Queen​ ​Victoria​ ​did​ ​not​ ​succeed​ ​her​ ​uncle​ ​William​ ​I,​ ​but​ ​William​ ​IV.

Slide​ ​3​:​ ​She​ ​married​ ​her​ ​first​ ​cousin,​ ​German​ ​speaking​ ​Prince​ ​Albert.
She​ ​suffered​ ​seven​ ​assassination​ ​attempts​ ​even​ ​though​ ​she​ ​was​ ​loved​ ​by​ ​most​ ​people.
Some​ ​historians​ ​acknowledge​ ​eight​ ​attempts​ ​against​ ​her.

Slide​ ​4​:She​ ​lost​ ​her​ ​husband​ ​due​ ​to​ ​typhoid​ ​fever​ ​and​ ​wore​ ​black​ ​for​ ​the​ ​rest​ ​of​ ​her
existence.

Slide​ ​5​:It​ ​was​ ​preceded​ ​by​ ​the​ ​Regency​ ​Era​ ​and​ ​followed​ ​by​ ​the​ ​Edwardian​ ​Era.

Slide​ ​6​:It​ ​was​ ​full​ ​of​ ​contradictory​ ​changes,​ ​product​ ​of​ ​modernity​ ​and​ ​the​ ​development​ ​of​ ​a
liberal​ ​capitalist​ ​system.

Slide​ ​7​:​ ​The​ ​beginning​ ​was​ ​tainted​ ​by​ ​a​ ​general​ ​ideological​ ​uncertainty​ ​due​ ​to​ ​the
Republican​ ​revolutions​ ​throughout​ ​Europe.

Slide​ ​8​:​ ​A​ ​middle​ ​class​ ​appeared​ ​(neither​ ​rich​ ​nor​ ​poor)​ ​due​ ​to​ ​the​ ​shift​ ​from​ ​an​ ​agrarian
society​ ​to​ ​an​ ​industrial​ ​one.

Slide​ ​9​:​ ​In​ ​the​ ​countryside,​ ​salaries​ ​were​ ​better​ ​at​ ​the​ ​beginning.​ ​In​ ​the​ ​big​ ​cities,​ ​salaries
were​ ​very​ ​high.

Slide​ ​10​:​ ​The​ ​poor​ ​lived​ ​in​ ​slums​ ​or​ ​in​ ​“Poor​ ​Houses”​ ​(looked​ ​like​ ​jails)​ ​which​ ​were​ ​set​ ​up​ ​by
the​ ​government.

Slide​ ​11​:​ ​It​ ​took​ ​inspiration​ ​on​ ​middle​ ​class​ ​lifestyle​ ​where​ ​women​ ​were​ ​an​ ​icon​ ​of​ ​chastity
and​ ​modesty.

Slide​ ​12​:Working​ ​women​ ​were​ ​considered​ ​inferior​ ​as​ ​the​ ​ideal​ ​for​ ​women​ ​was​ ​to​ ​be​ ​devoted
only​ ​to​ ​domestic​ ​life.

Slide​ ​13​:​ ​ ​ ​They​ ​had​ ​more​ ​responsibilities​ ​since​ ​they​ ​were​ ​responsible​ ​for​ ​the​ ​upbringing​ ​of
children​ ​and​ ​domestic​ ​work,​ ​besides​ ​having​ ​less​ ​paid​ ​jobs​ ​in​ ​some​ ​cases.
Slide​ ​14​:​ ​In​ ​ ​1872​ ​ ​women's​ ​suffrage​ ​gained​ ​ ​momentum.​ ​It​ ​would​ ​become​ ​a​ ​national
movement​ ​with​ ​the​ ​formation​ ​of​ ​the​​ ​National​ ​Society​ ​for​ ​Women's​ ​Suffrage​.

Slide​ ​15​:Chartism​ ​had​ ​popularity​ ​among​ ​the​ ​working​ ​class.

Slide​ ​16​:Slaves​ ​were​ ​freed​ ​not​ ​killed.

Slide​ ​17​:​ ​Sir​ ​Albert​ ​Peel​ ​ ​formed​ ​a​ ​Conservative​ ​administration.

Slide​ ​18​:Britain​ ​didn’t​ ​added​ ​colombia​ ​as​ ​a​ ​new​ ​territory

Slide​ ​20​:By​ ​1858​ ​the​ ​stench​ ​of​ ​the​ ​Black​ ​River​ ​was​ ​so​ ​overwhelming​ ​that​ ​ ​a​ ​system​ ​of
sewers​ ​ ​started​​ ​by​ ​the​ ​following​ ​year.​ ​(The​ ​Great​ ​Stink)

Slide​ ​21​:​ ​ ​Miners​ ​had​ ​to​ ​cope​ ​with​ ​hazards​ ​regularly,​ ​including​ ​roof​ ​collapses​ ​and
explosions.​ ​Starting​ ​in​ ​1851,​ ​inspectors​ ​recorded​ ​fatalities,​ ​and​ ​they​ ​found​ ​that​ ​respiratory
illnesses​ ​were​ ​common​ ​and​ ​that​ ​various​ ​illnesses​ ​plagued​ ​the​ ​mining​ ​population.

Slide​ ​22​:​ ​Only​ ​wood​ ​was​ ​a​ ​main​ ​energy​ ​resource.

Slide​ ​23​:The​ ​Great​ ​Exhibition​ ​was​ ​organized​ ​by​​ ​Henry​ ​Cole​​ ​and​​ ​Prince​ ​Albert​,​ ​husband​ ​of
the​ ​reigning​ ​monarch,​​ ​Queen​ ​Victoria​.

Slide​ ​24​:Hundreds​ ​of​ ​wild​ ​animals​ ​were​ ​brought​ ​to​ ​England

Slide​ ​25​:​ ​New​ ​sports​ ​were​ ​created​ ​such​ ​as:​ ​cricket,​ ​cycling,​ ​horse-riding​ ​and​ ​water
activities.

Slide​ ​26​:Jack​ ​the​ ​Ripper​ ​ ​killed​ ​at​ ​least​ ​five​ ​prostitutes