1. Political reforms in 19th century

2. Belgium independence- 1830

3. Reform Act of 1832
Changed representation in Parliament and increased the number of voters

4. Factory Act of 1833
Limited working hours of children in factories

5. Chartism
Peoples charter demanded suffrage for all men and annual parliamentary elections, an end to property requirements and a secret ballot

6. Queen Victoria
1837 Queen Victoria began her 64 year reign

7. Women’s suffrage

9. Ireland
Ireland became part of the United Kingdom in 1801

10. Irish Potato Famine
In the 1840s potatoes were the main food in Ireland.
During the Irish potato famine about one million starved to death and 1.5 million emigrated

11. Canada Australia and New Zealand

13. France
Louis XVIII restored as king after the Napoleonic era

14. Charles X Charles X tried to rule as an absolute monarch
Abdicated in 1830

15. Louis Philippe “Citizen King”
Constitutional Monarch

16. Revolution of 1848 Louis Philippe abdicated The second Republic
was formed
Louis Napoleon
was elected President

17. Emperor Napoleon III
1851 Louis Napoleon becomes Emperor Napoleon III

18. Franco- Prussian War

20. Paris Commune 1871

21. The Third Republic
The Third Republic was founded in 1875

22. Dreyfus Affair
The Dreyfus Affair was an example of anti-Semitism in France-discrimination against Jews

24. Map 24.2 The Modernization of Paris, ca. 1850–1870

26. Images in Society Crinoline Dresses, Paris, 1859

27. Images in Society Summer Dress with Bustle, England, 1875

28. Images in Society Alternative Fashion, England, 1893

29. Images in Society Loose-fitting Dress, France, 1910

30. Political Reforms in the British Empire
The Victorian Era
Political Reforms in the British Empire
Reform Act of Changed representation in Parliament and increased the number of voters.
Factory Act limiting working hours of children in factories.
Chartism- Peoples charter demanded suffrage for all men and annual parliamentary elections,
an end the property requirements, and a secret ballot.
1837 Queen Victoria (reigned for 64 years)
Women’s suffrage
Ireland- became part of the United Kingdom in 1801.
Potatoes- Main food source in Ireland 1840’s
Irish potato famine- about 1 million starved to death 1.5 million emigrated.
Canada Australia and New Zealand.
France
Louis XVIII restored as king after the Napoleonic era.
Charles X tried to rule as an absolute monarch abdicated in 1830.
Louis Philippe “Citizen King” Constitutional Monarch
Revolution of Louis Philippe abdicated
The Second Republic was formed Louis Napoleon- President
1851 Louis Napoleon becomes Emperor Napoleon III
Franco- Prussian War
Third Republic 1875
Anti Semitism hostility toward and discrimination against Jews
Dreyfus Affair-