The Victorian Age and Queen Victoria

Next week I am going to have a presentation. I have always been interessed in England, specially the British Empire and the royalties. Therefore, since we covered this era, I decided to cover the Victorian Age and Queen Victoria. Since the presentation should only last for approximately 2 minutes, I couldn't dig deep. I resolved to take the most important happenings and outcomes, or at least from my point of view.

This is what I presented:

The Victorian Age and Queen Victoria (1837-1901)

Before Queen Victoria inherited the throne in England, the country had developed. The industrial revolution had started, which meant England evolved a national economy they had never seen before. The British Empire kept on expanding, and defeating France and Napoleon made England the greatest power in Europe. In 1837 Queen Victoria inherited the throne of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. She ruled the country for almost sixty-four years, and the era is called the Victorian age.

When she entered the throne, Britain was, as I said, still developed and the economy strong. Their agriculture was more productive than any other country in Europe. The country was stable politically, where they had a parliamentarian system as well as the Queen being the head of state in a constitutional monarchy. By having already established these safeties, which came to people having the power, and individually and naturally freedom, Britain got away from revolutions.

The Victorian era is also referred to as Pax Britannia. This is because Britain managed to keep Europe in peace. They used a policy named balance-of-power, where they supported the weakest in wars, or if someone were to threaten a country, England helped the endangered. By doing so, Europe was in peace for almost 100 years.

The British Empire also covered India, and Queen Victoria was crowned in 1877 as the Empress of India. But after that the Empire began to fall; the other countries around the world had caught up with Britain's development. At the end of the 1800's Britain was no longer the world's only superpower. USA developed and Germany was ready to step up. Britain could no longer handle the balance-of-power politics. This led to what we know as the first world war. And in 1901, the Victorian Age was over, it died together with The Queen.