Queen Victoria. Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland since презентация

Victoria was born on May,22nd 1819 ,died on January, 22nd 1901. She was the queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland since June ,20th 1837,the empress of India since May , 1st 1876 ,last representative of the Hanover dynasty on throne of Great Britain.

Queen Victoria facts
Queen Victoria was only 18 when she came to the throne!
The Queen got a good education. She spoke German, French and Italian fluently.

Queen Victoria facts
Victoria had forty grandchildren and thirty seven great grandchildren.
She outlived eleven of her 40 grandchildren.
She reigned for 63 years, 7 months, and 2 days.
She is the second longest reign of any other British monarch in history.

Queen Victoria facts
Queen affliction Victoria was the first known carrier of hemophilia, an that would become known as the “Royal disease.”
Queen Victoria was the first monarch to live in Buckingham Palace.

Queen Victoria facts
Queen Victoria established the modern role of a monarch in a constitutional monarchy and exerted her influence to promote the British Empire's expansion and reforms benefiting the poor. During her 67-year reign of Britain, the Empire experienced immense social, political and industrial change. Her longevity, combined with her grace and reclusive nature, led to her becoming a national icon of moral strictness.

Victoria gave the name of the system of moral values. “Victorian moral” was the whole system of different moral prohibitions and settings. Rich people were respected and poor people were neglected. Women practically didn’t have rights. They only had the role of men’s servants.

Queen Victoria
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Britain became the most powerful country in the world, with the largest empire that had ever existed, ruling a quarter of the world's population.
The number of people living in Britain more than doubled, causing a huge demand for food, clothes and housing.
Factories and machines were built to meet this demand and new towns grew up, changing the landscape and the ways people lived and worked.
Railways, originally built to transport goods, meant people could travel easily around the country for the first time.

The Victoria Cross is the British realm's highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy.
The Victoria Cross