Concetti Chiave
- Queen Victoria's reign from 1837 to 1901 marked an era of material progress, imperial expansion, and political developments.
- The Victorian age emphasized family values, with Queen Victoria and Prince Albert having eight children as a model for society.
- Political movements included liberalism, advocating free trade, and chartism, seeking voting reforms like universal male suffrage.
- Disraeli highlighted societal divisions between the rich and the poor, leading to the concept of the Victorian compromise.
- The Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834 led to the creation of workhouses, requiring labor in exchange for basic needs like food and shelter.
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Victoria e la famiglia reale
Victoria married Albert and they had 8 children, in fact, family and marriage were the most important value also for the population. She ruled Britain and the British Empire from 1837 to 1901. It was a period of material progress, imperial expansion and of political and constitutional developments.
Tendenze politiche del periodo
There were two political tendencies:
- liberalism: wanted complete freedom of trade and the abolition of tariffs on imports and exports;
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chartism: asked for reforms in voting. The founder was O’Connor, who tried to obtain 6 points. For example: universal adult male suffrage (reached at the end of the century), equal electoral districts, secret ballots and annual elections.
Riforme e suffragio universale
The first reform built was in 1832, the second in 1867 and the third in 1884, which enlarged the suffrage, in fact Britain reached the universal male suffrage.
(These years were called hungry forties because man didn’t have money to buy food and because there were taxes for example on bread)
Legge sui poveri del 1834
In 1834 the poor law amendment act said that poor people couldn’t live in the street. So the reign started to built work houses: in order to have food and a bed it was necessary to work.