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Queen Victoria Research Paper

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Who was Queen Victoria and what impact did she make? Queen Victoria took the British throne at a young age, she was only a teenager. She became the first british monarch only at the age of 18. She may have been young but she had great intelligence that's the reason she took the throne of the world's mightiest empires. Queen Victoria was the longest-reigning British monarch, ruling the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for 64 years. She was fiercely independent she strengthened the monarchy by redefining its role in British life.
Victoria's mother (the duchess of kent) raised Victoria in an environment where she could prepare her to take the throne. Victoria first learned of her future role as a young princess during a history lesson …show more content…

After Albert’s death, Victoria gradually allowed herself to be drawn back into public life, notably with the second ministry of Benjamin Disraeli.
During her reign, direct power had shifted away from the crown through a series of acts passed in Parliament. Victoria was able to establish a continuing role for the monarchy and was still able to exert political influence. In 1877, the Royal Titles Act was passed, making Victoria Empress of India. A sign of her popularity and of British imperial sentiment.
Victoria continued her royal duties to the end, including an official visit to Dublin, as well as visits to hospitals for the returning wounded. She died at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight after a series of small strokes on January 22, 1901, at the age of 82, having reigned almost 64 years. Her reign had seen Britain through a period of great changes. The Industrial Revolution, the expansion of the British Empire, and a shift of direct political power away from the monarchy. She was the last British monarch in the House of Hanover. Her son Edward belonged to his father’s house, the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, renamed the House of Windsor by Victoria’s

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