Transcription of he Victorian Age - Zanichelli
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Vic toria n AgeTIMELINE1837 Accessionof QueenVictoria1838 People s Charter callsfor social reforms anduniversal male suffrage1839-42 First Opium Waragainst China1840 Queen Victoriamarries PrinceAlbert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha1845 IrishPotatoFamine1846 Repeal ofthe CornLaws1851 GreatExhibition1853-56 CrimeanWa r1856-60 SecondOpium War1857 IndianMutiny1859 Charles Darwin sOn the Originof Species ispublished1860 The Republicancandidate AbrahamLincoln winsthe presidentialelection1861-65 AmericanCivil War1863 First sectionof LondonUnderground,the world s firstundergroundrailway, opens1865 Assassinationof PresidentLincoln1867 Second ReformAct extends theright to vote tosome sectionsof the workingclasses1869 The Suez Canalopens and theUnion PacificRailroad connectsthe East and Westcoasts of the USA1870 EducationActestablishesthe basis ofelementaryeducation1877 VictoriabecomesEmpressof India1884 Third ReformAct extendsvoting to all malehouseholders1899-1902S e c o n d B o e r Wa r.
as the ‘Lady with the Lamp’ for her night rounds giving personal care to the wounded. Once back in England, she formed an institution for the development of the nursing profession. DICTATION 1.1 The Great Exhibition The dawn of the Victorian Age COMPLETE the key ideas. Queen Victoria’s reign was characterised by economic and scienti and ...
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