6. Britain’s power was depend
on:
it had enough coal, iron and steel for
its own enormous industry and could
even export them in large quantities to
Europe;
strong banking system;
railway system.
7. The foreign policy of UK:
a"balance of power" which would
prevent any single nation from
becoming too strong;
a free market in which its own
industrial and trade superiority would
give Britain a clear advantage.
8. Britain’s wars:
The war with Napoleon;
The “Opium Wars” (1839);
The War in Afghanistan (1839 -1842);
The Crimean war;
"Indian Mutiny" (1857);
The invasion of Egypt (1882);
The invasion of Sudan (1884);
The South African war (1899 – 1902).
9. Trade unions:
Since 1824 workers had been allowed
to join together in unions.
“Tolpuddle Martyrs”;
The “Chartists” (People's Charter in 1838);
“Co-operative Movement” was started in 1844
a by a few Chartists and trade unionists.
11. Robert Peel
He was a
British Conservative statesman
who served as Prime Minister of
the UK (1834-1835, 1841-1846).
While Home Secretary, Peel
helped create the modern
concept of the police force,
leading to officers being known
as "bobbies" (in England) and
"Peelers" (in Northern Ireland).
As Prime Minister Peel issued
the Tamworth Manifesto (1834)
during his brief first stint in
office, leading to the formation
of the Conservative Party out of
the shattered Tory Party; in his
second stint he repealed
the Corn Laws.
12. Lord Canning
Charles John
Canning, (1812–1862),
known as The
Viscount
Canning from 1837 to
1859, was an English
statesman
and Governor-
General of India
during the Indian
Rebellion of 1857.
13. Henry Palmerston
He was a British statesman who
served twice as Prime Minister in the
mid-19th century. Popularly
nicknamed "The Mongoose", he was
in government office almost
continuously from 1807 until his death
in 1865, beginning his parliamentary
career as a Tory and concluding it as
a Liberal.
He is best remembered for his
direction of British foreign policy
through a period when Britain was at
the height of its power, serving terms
as both Foreign Secretary and Prime
Minister. Some of his aggressive
actions, now sometimes termed
liberal interventionist, were greatly
controversial at the time, and remain
so today.
14. William Ewart Gladstone
He was a
British Liberal statesman. In a
career lasting over 60 years, he
served as Prime Minister 4
separate times, more than any
other person. Gladstone was
also Britain's oldest Prime
Minister. He had also served
as Chancellor of the Exchequer
4 times. Gladstone is famous for
his oratory, for his rivalry with
the Conservative
Leader Benjamin Disraeli and
his poor relations with Queen
Victoria.
18. "Arts and Crafts Movement", whose
members turned away from the new
middle-class values, and looked to pre-
industrial handcraft and to nature for
inspiration.
20. Why did Britain lose the advantages at the end
of 19 th century it had over other countries at the
time of the Great Exhibition of 1851?
Other countries, Germany particularly, had greater
natural wealth , including coal and iron, and wheat
producing lands;
Most British people invested their money abroad
rather than in building up home industry;
Public schools, the private system of education for
the richer middle class, did not encourage business
or scientific studies.
