The victorian Age

1. 1)The dawn of the victorian age

1.1. 1)Queen Victoria

1.1.1. 1)When queen Victoria came to the throne in 1837,she was just 18 years old.

1.1.2. 2) She was to rule for almost 64 years and gave her name to an age of economic and scientific progress and social reforms.

1.1.3. 3) In 1840 she married Prince Albert of Saxo-Cobury- Gotha.

1.1.4. 4) Prince Albert was a clever man and Victoria relied more and more on his advise and help.

1.2. 2) An age reform

1.2.1. 1) The 1830s had seen the beginning of what was to be called an { age of reform}.

1.2.2. 2) The first reform Act (1832), also called the great reform Act, had transferred voting privileges from the small boroughs, controlled by the nobility like Birmingham and Manchester.

1.2.3. 3) The factory Act (1833) had prevented children age 9 to 13 from being employed more tha