Imperialism In The Victorian Era

Did the Victorian Era was an example to follow in British literature and the worst era to be poor. The Victorian Era started with the rise to power of Queen Victoria in 1837 however, some people interpret that it starts in 1830. Queen Victoria’s imperialist principles gave Great Britain; India, Australia, Canada, Cape Colony (known today as part of South Africa), Kenya and Uganda. Even though, England had lost the 13 colonies in the century before they were still flourishing as the most powerful nation on the planet. Great Britain became a prosperous country economically across the whole empire. It was a great period to be British but, it is known as a discriminatory era towards the poor. The British wanted to be successful in other words,

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