1819-1901+Queen+Victoria



**Accomplishments and Impacts**
 * Biography (who)**
 * Queen of UK of Great Britain and Ireland from 1837-1901
 * Born: Kensington Palace, London (May 21 1819)
 * only daughter of Edward, Duke of Kent, fourth son of George III
 * mostly German ancestry
 * became queen when she was 18 years of age ( 4 weeks after her birthday)
 * she became the queen because she was the only hier
 * married Prince Albert, had nine children with him
 * symbol of the UK
 * she held the record of the longest reign in British history (which was 63 years)
 * UK reached peak of their power during her reign
 * her reign aka Victorian Age
 * Got Hong Kong in First Anglo-Chinese War (1839-1842) aka First Opium War
 * Other wars: Crimean War (1853-1856) w/ Russia
 * Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) w/ Dutch
 * 1858- got control of India
 * Industries expanded = UK richest country in the world
 * Population of UK increased 50%
 * Changed from agricultural →industrial
 * More people could vote (government became more democratic
 * In Ireland the Protestant Church was separated from the government
 * Accepted that she would be a symbolic ruler than political
 * Was responsible for UK’s “great age of industrial expansion, economic progress, and especially empire. At her death ,it was said, Britain had a worldwide empire on which the sun never set”
 * If it wasn’t for her, Britain wouldn’t be where they are. Maybe the Spanish or the French would be ruling Canada instead


 * Wher****e**
 * Kensington Palace, London. It is in relation with today because it holds quite a lot of Canadian country and is the home of our Queen Elizabeth today
 * Ireland
 * Hong Kong
 * Spain
 * Russia
 * Dutch


 * We remember her because...**
 * If it wasn’t for her, Britain wouldn’t be where they are. Maybe the Spanish or the French would be ruling Canada instead
 * She's important because UK’s queen has is our symbolic royal monarch
 * played a big part on where the Canadians are today, since the British had control over Canada
 * if she hadn't done many of the things that she did ( eg winning wars, gaining countries) our lives may be drastically different. For people in Hong Kong, they would not learn English the British way but perhaps the American, or not learn English at all!

__Positive__
 * Things she could of done differently...**
 * she could of gotten other countries
 * she could of had gone out in public more often and probably give her people and others in other countries a better impression'

__Negative__
 * gone agianst the idea of when the government got the power instead of the royals
 * took advantage and done bad things to the countries in her power

Interesting Facts
 * she could only marry Prince Alber ( her husband) because he was "one of the only socially acceptable suitors in the world"
 * her husband was aka Prince Consort not King Consort
 * Today's Queen Elizabeth is Queen Victoria's great-great grandchildren