1. The Victorian Era

2. Queen Victoria

3. Changes in all spheres of society
Population
Work
Towns and cities
Ideas
The role of women
Technology and transport
Leisure

4. Population growth and movement
The population almost doubled
Movement from the countryside to towns and cities
Development of industrial towns and cities:
Manchester, Liverpool …
Near the new factories for employment
But very bad conditions for the poor workers
A move from a rural, agricultural society to an urban, industrial society

5. Ideas and the changing role of women
New social ideas developed:
The beginnings of socialism
(growth of organised labour and the Trade Unions)
The beginnings of organised feminism
The suffragette movement (1897) - Votes for women
Education

6. New technology in industry

7. Development of transport infrastructures
Canals
Transport of raw materials (coal…) and merchandise

8. Railways
Stephenson’s Rocket (1829)

9. Stations were built

10. The Railway network
People were able to travel

11. Leisure activities…
Development of seaside resorts
Sporting activities

12. The growth of literacy
Popular newspapers
The novel
Charles Dickens