The Victorian Age

1. The Victorian Age Julie Carr Kerry Young Holly Carlson Amanda Young Krista Bugenhagen

2. Queen Victoria • June 20, 1837 – Queen • The Reform Act of 1832 had set the standard of legislative authority residing in the House of Lords • Married Prince Albert, strong political views • Stayed out of the public eye • Focused on what was good for the public • Dependent on Lord Melbourne (P.M.) for political advice

3. Queen Victoria cont’d • She wished to be informed of political matters, although she had no direct input in policy decisions • Prince Albert replaced Melbourne as the dominant male influence in Victoria's life Prince Albert

4. Queen Victoria cont’d • Victoria & Albert had nine children together • supported peace and reconciliation • her letter to German Emperor helped to avert a second Franco-German war • “We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat; they do not exist”

5. Imperialism • British imperial policy stayed the same throughout the Victorian era • No planned expansion • Lord Roseberry (liberal prime minister) “sane imperialism, as distinguished from what may call wild-cat imperialism is nothing but this- a larger patriotism”

6. Cause • Between 1870 and 1900 the British empire rapidly expanded to four million square miles • Why? • Combination of many factors • Industrial revolution • need to protect the economy • Technology advances

7. Important People • forceful plans were only followed by men such as Bartle Frere • Bartle Frere- spent most of his career in India and was the Governor of Bombay in the 1860’s • Disraeli • Great pro-active imperialist • Unite the classes under one empire • Purchased four million pounds worth of the Suez canal (1875) • Prevented France from taking control of trade route • interested in Afghanistan as a safeguard state between Russia and India • Decided in 1876 to make queen Victoria empress of India • William Gladstone promoted international morality, which acknowledged the equal rights of nations.

8. Effects on Colonial People •  As trading spread- affected cultures of the colonial peoples • Believed that British “customs and institutions are the wonder of the world” • Many Indians were unhappy with British control • Cash crops left natives starving • Artificial borders created tensions between ethnic tribes

9. Individual Colonies • Queen Victoria was Queen-Empress of more than two hundred million people living outside Great Britain • European powers and competition for colonies between 1876 and 1914 • ¼ of the globes land surface was distributed as colonies among six countries • Australia, Burma, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Jamaica, New Zealand, South Africa, Rhodesia

10. Industrial Revolution: Innovations and Inventions • Textiles • Richard Arkwright’s Water Frame • James Hargreaves’s Spinning Jenny • Samuel Crompton’s Spinning Mule • Steam Power • James Watt’s steam engine

11. Industrial Revolution:Innovations and Inventions • Railways, improved roads, and canals for trade expansion • Joseph Bazalgette’s sewage system in London • Water supply network expanded • Gas network- lighting and heating

12. Effects of the Industrial Revolution • Negative • Overpopulation • Pollution • Disease • Child Labor • Poverty • Positive • Growth in technology and invention • Efficient production • Urbanization

13. Intellectuals • Some of the traits/ideas of a Victorian Intellectual; • QUESTIONED EVERYTHING • Many Intellectuals questioned the exploitation of the earth and the less advanced people. • Questioned the idea that material goods could make one truly happy • Questioned how life really began (Creationism vs. Evolution) • Empiricism • Utilitarianism • Smith’s ideas of a laissez-faire policy of government

14. Important People • Charles Darwin-Scientist • Karl Marx- German-Jewish Political Philosopher • Ideas of John Locke- British Political Philosopher • Ideas of Adam Smith- Scottish Moral Philosopher • Some important Scientists like; Marie Curie, Humphrey Davy, Baron Larry, and Von Liebig.

15. Darwin (1809-1882) • Contributed to Science in multiple ways. • Wrote, On the Origin of Species • Wrote, The Dissent of Man • “The preservation of favorable variations, I call Natural Selection, or survival of the fittest”-(On the Origin of Species)

16. Karl Marx (1818-1883) • The creator of Marxism, a form of socialism. • Wrote, The Communist Manifesto • “The development of Modern Industry, therefore, cuts from under its feet the very foundation on which the bourgeoisie produces and appropriates products. What the bourgeoisie, therefore, produces, above all, are its own grave-diggers. Its fall and the victory of the proletariat are equally inevitable. ”   - (The Communist Manifesto)

17. John Locke Ideas • Locke’s ideas became a significant source of interest to the Victorian people. • Tested what the human limits were. • Was one of the first Empiricists. • Wrote, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding • “Fashion for the most part is nothing but the ostentation of riches” –Locke

18. Ideas of Adam Smith • Smith’s ideas involved a very limited government. • This idea was called Laissez’-Faire . • Wrote, Theory of Moral Sentiments • Wrote, The Wealth of Nations • “I have never known much good done by those who affected to trade for the public good”-Smith

19. Significant Accomplishments • Pierre and Marie Currie discovered radium • Multiple vaccines were created (Small Pox, Cow Pox) • Humphrey David discovered Nitrous Oxide. • Baron Larry developed multiple methods of medical care. • Von Liebig discovered chloroform

20. Social & Political Reform • Protests against gov’t policies that kept price of bread/food high • Deprivation of voting/representation in Parliament to most working men, all women • 1832 First Reform Bill • Right to vote- men who owned property worth 10 pounds or more • 1867 Second Reform Bill • Right to vote- men, except agricultural workers

21. Revolution & “Progress” • 1848: Year of Revolution • Material condition of people in social classes • Trade with other countries & the growing empire • Cheap postage, newspapers, clothing • Corn Laws=intended to protect English farmers from cheap foreign imports of grain after the Napoleonic Wars • economic spiral: not buying manufactured goods, lay off workers, difficulty finding employment • Progress= agitating for better conditions and for improved educational opportunities • Schools state-supported • Population moving from rural to cities • 1900- more that 90% literate • Advances in science & technology • Hope for resolution of disease, poverty, immorality

22. Victorian Fashion • Women’s Fashion • Crinoline hoops get progressively smaller; the bustle with long train develops • Uncomfortable corsets and stays • Invention of sewing machine and new dyes gave way to vivid colors and the addition of superfluous fabric (such as taffeta, lace, silk, ribbons) • Accessories such as parasols and gloves considered essential

23. Victorian Fashion • Men’s Fashion • Drab suits of blues, browns, blacks, and plaids • Accessories such as hats, canes/umbrellas, and gloves

24. Ladies and Gentlemen • Victorian Ladies • A ladies’ place is in the home • Marriage is the only suitable career • Skilled in music and entertaining, innocent, dutiful, virtuous, quiet. • “All Victorian women were expected to be weak and helpless, a fragile delicate flower incapable of making decisions beyond selecting the menu and ensuring her many children were taught moral values.” (www.Fashion-Era.com) • Victorian Gentlemen • Chivalrous and refined • Leave domestic duties to women as the men brave the world and make money • Gentlemen through birthright

25. Victorian Literature • Reassured readers that the world made sense • The time of the great Novel • Literature addressed social and political issues • Became more skeptical of divinity/religion in the universe • “The Sea of FaithWas once, too, at the full, and round earth's shoreLay like the folds of a bright girdle furled.But now I only hearIts melancholy, long, withdrawing roar…” Matthew Arnold’s Dover Beach

26. Victorian Literature • Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights • Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre • Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray • Charles Dicken's • Oliver Twist • Great Expectations • Highlighted social problems • Prominent Poets • Alfred, Lord Tennyson • Robert Browning

27. Victorian Art • Most notable art movement was the controversial Pre-Raphaelites • Founded 1848 • Prominent artists include Holman Hunt, John Millais, and Dante Rossetti • “Idealized medieval life in imaginary ethereal scenes” (Victorianweb.org) • Modeled after medieval artists prior to Raphael

28. Victorian Art Ophelia, by John Millais

29. Victorian Music • Composers no longer ‘employees’; began to write music from the heart • Part of Romantic music era (1820-1910) • Music and dancing and appropriate way for men and women to interact • Composers: • Richard Wagner • Franz Liszt • Pyotr Tchaikovsky • Johannes Brahms • Claude Debussy • Gilbert & Sullivan