British Empire

The British Empire

During the Victorian era

Quick presentation of the Victorian Era

Era : 1837 - 1901 Queen Victoria : 1819 - 1901

Why is it important ?

Portrait of Queen Victoria, oil on canvas, Franz Xavier Winterhalter, 1859

Widnes, England, during the late 19th century

The Empire

Numbers

Places

- Greatest world power of the Victorian Era

• Africa
• Oceania
• South America
• North America
• Asia

All over the world

- A quarter of the world's population (400 millions)

- About 22% of the submerged's lands.

- The largest empire ever created in human history

A map of the world in 1886, Walter Crane

Timeline

Robert Clive's victory in Bengal marks the beginning of British conquest and, therefore, the British Empire.

Australia is used as a prison due to a lack of space in the United Kingdom.

Victoria becomes the Queen of Canada.

The British control the Suez Canal.

Victoria becomes the Empress of India.

Victoria becomes the Queen of Australia

First decolonized country: Ghana.

Canada is renamed : Province of Quebec

1867

1882

1759

1788

1882

1901

1957

Timeline of the British Empire

1837

1901

Start of the Victorian Era

The Queen dies

One picture

Made by John Hassall (1868 - 1948)

When did the Empire disappear ?

When does the British colonization has begun ?

What was the queen's last territory before her death ?

What is the name of the artist ?

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