The Victorian Era

The world today consists of children roaming the streets, technology taking over the world, and being able to work wherever you'd like but, could you imagine a life without all these things? Believe it or not there was a time in life where these things were very uncommon to see. This would be known as the victorian era. This time period was between 1837 and 1901. Daily life was very different from now. Health, social classes, and fashion are just three examples of how daily life was different in the victorian era.

The Victorian Era was a time of peace and prosperity. During the Victorian Era the society was divided into various social classes like the working class, middle class. Upper class, Dickens/Victorians. Above all those classes the middle class was the most hard working class with all the various occupations but also they also had quite relaxing life also speaking of which let's get into the middle class.

“The empire on which the sun never sets” was used to describe the British empire during Queen Victoria’s reign, also known as the Victorian Era. Queen Victoria assumed control of her reign at the young age of eighteen, and her successful reign lasted for over sixty years. Britain was an extremely large empire during Queen Victoria’s rule; her ruling was filled with powerful changes, politically and economically, and advancements that left a lasting impact. While the Victorian era was an important era, many aspects of it are unique in relation to today’s times. For example, the food eaten during the Victorian era was quite different than the food eaten in today’s period. During the Victorian era, the various social classes ate different types of food. There were three different social classes: the lower class, the middle class, and the upper class. The people of each class’s meals depended on the ingredients available for their circumstances (Brookfield). From the lower class, who ate low-quality food, to the higher class, who ate high-quality food, the type of food and amount of food affected the people of each social class in many ways.

The Victorian Era or the romantic period was a time in which Queen Victoria ruled the throne. The Victorian period formally began in 1837 the year in which Victoria became the Queen of England and ended in 1901 the year in which she was laid to rest. In this paper, I will discuss Queen Victoria’s life or what we all know to be “The Victorian Era.” I will highlight some of the most powerful events that occurred during this time, the many reforms that were passed during Queen Victoria’s ruling, I will discuss the political, cultural, and social developments of this time period. I will speak about some inventions of the Victorian Era, and the two main political parties better known as the Tory and Whigs that were popular during this age. You will discover what imperialism is, the commonwealth, The British Monarch and why and how Victoria was such a remarkable monarch. I will even tell you some of the most interesting facts that I have learned to be true about Queen Victoria.

The diagram is a depiction of loading a skipper, a small boat designed to deposit and withdraw cargo from a large ship able to traverse large sea, whilst navy officers, distinguished by their blue coats, are recording the results. I picked this diagram to use and relate to commerce, because the strength in London trading lied in several aspects that are represented in the presentation. This has clear implications and can be used to give analysis on commerce in Victorian London. In order to demonstrate this, I would like to focus on three specific objects, and how each of them relate to commerce, within the diagram: the containers that are being loaded, the sigil in the middle of the picture, and the officers in the picture.

The Victorian Era was a great time of prosperity for England, but not for everyone. During this time period in England, the lower classed suffered. The Industrial Revolution had many positive effect for society in general, but caused the lower class to suffer. Men’s wages declined, as a result women and children had to work to help support their families.

If you had the opportunity to pass through a portal which would magically send you into another space and time, would you take it? What would happen if you were transported back in time to Victorian England? Do you have the necessary survival instinct and the accessory survival skills? Can you use your knowledge of your own era to your advantage?

Before the industrial revolution there were only two social classes, the poor and the upper class. Then, due to the growing urban, machine-driven manufacturing economy the Middle Class emerged. This new class was the biggest section of the population and it included a diverse selection of people including bankers, shop keepers, merchants and manufacturers for “it was in trade and industry that the middle classes excelled” (Potter, 1987: 223).

The Victorian period was a time of great hypocrisy. Despite the fact that the Protestant work ethic was gaining popular support amongst the Victorians and myths such as Samuel Smiles' "rags to riches" became part of mainstream Victorian culture, the Victorians were greatly divided into their respective social classes. Works like Thomas Carlyle's "The Irish Widow" and Elizabeth Barrett Browning's "The Cry of the Children" exemplified the blatant disregard of the upper classes to that of the lower class. If the Victorians were divided amongst themselves, imagine what it was like for people of different religions and races. The Blacks of this period was one such race that suffered tremendously

“If we don't stand up for children… then we don't stand for much” (Edelman M.). Over the last few centuries, children's right has progressed tremendously. Above all, children's rights correlated to child abuse have ameliorated since the Victorian era with new laws in place and child protective services, of course, there are still a few items that haven't changed allying to conditions such as how the judicial system still concludes the destiny of the abuser.

I'm going to be talking about the victorian era and what they did for fun for fun. This topic is going to focus on mainly children and adults on what they did for fun in the victorian era. You should be able to relate to some of the things that they did.

England’s Victorian Era lasted sixty-four years. It occurred during Queen Victoria’s reign from 1837 (the year she rose to the throne) to 1901 (the year of her death).In the course of this time period, many important events took place such as The Irish Potato Famine, The Crimean War, and The Great Rebellion. The Irish Potato Famine was a time of disease, emigration, and mass starvation that lasted from 1845 to 1852 due to a terrible rot that attacked the potato crop, which the people had become massively dependent on. The following year, The Crimean War (one of the first “modern” wars) broke out in 1853 and ended in 1856 although Britain did not join until 1854. Originally the war was fought by Turkey and Russia due to Russia’s expansion into the Danube region which was controlled by Turkey, but eventually Britain joined in because it feared that Russia would continue its expansion down to British India.

The Victorian Period was a great influence to the authors who composed novels at that time where distinctions between social classes as well as between men and women were strongly marked. During this period, it was precisely a woman who ruled. Alexandrina Victoria who was born on May 24, 1819 became Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from June 20, 1837 until her death on January 22, 1901. Victoria’s reign was one of the longest of a female in history. At only the age of 18, after her uncle William Henry IV died, she began a span of 63 years of reign. In spite of her independence and power, Victoria fell into a deep depression when her husband died in 1861 and ever since she wore black every day for the rest of her

Victoria was Queen of Great Britain and Ireland from 1837 to 1901. She was the only daughter of Edward, the Duke of Kent. Her father died shortly after she was born and she became heir to the throne. The Victorian Age was characterised by rapid change and developments in almost everything. From advances in medical, scientific and technological knowledge, to changes in population growth and location. Today, we associate the 19th century with the work ethic, family values, religious observation and institutional faith. In 1840, Queen Victoria married her first cousin, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. At first, the British public did not particularly like the German prince, and he was excluded from holding any official political position. At times, their marriage was hectic because they both had

great prosperity in Great Britain's literature. The Victorian Age produced a variety of changes. Political and social reform produced a variety of reading among all classes. The lower-class became more self-conscious, the middle class more powerful and the rich became more vulnerable. The novels of Charles Dickens, the poems of Alfred,