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
Workhouses were mainly run by the Church. Religion was a strong force. In industrial areas the nonconformist Churches, such as Methodists, promoted study and abstinence from alcohol. Chartism In 1838 a group of working-class radicals drew up a People’s Charter demanding equal electoral districts, universal male sufrage,
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