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1、QueenVictoriaSomethingAboutVictoria(queen)herselfContributionToEnglandVictoriaqueenandOpiumWar(鸦片战争)Name:AlexandrinaVictoriaAlias:Europe’sgrandmotherBorn:onMay24th,1819Died:onJanuary22nd,1901TheTimeofReign:63yearsand7monthsQueenVictoriawasbornonMay24th,1819,inL
2、ondon.Herfatherdiedwhenshewaseightmonthsold.HerchildhoodwasnotashappyasotherchildrenbecauseshehadtolearnalotofthingssuchasFrench,piano,paint,history,geographyandsoon.In1840,shemarriedherfirstcousin,PrinceAlbertofSaxe-CoburgandGothaandtheyfallinlovewitheachother
3、verymuch.Unfortunately,herhusbanddiedwhenshewasinhermiddleage,whichwasanotherdifficultyinherlife.ContributionToEnglandWhenshebecamethequeenofEnglandather18,Englandhadonlyafewrailways,butacrisscrossnetworkofrailwayswhenshepassedaway.Inordertoshowtheprosperandpow
4、erofEngland,thefirstWorldExpositionwasheldinLondonin1851.Attheaspectofscienceandculture,theworldfamouswriterCharlesDickensandscientistCharlesRobertDarwinwasbothinVictorianage.InVictorianage,Englandhadalreadyachievedfreeprimaryeducationin1891.AndafamouseventinVi
5、ctorianagewastheWomen’svotingrightwhichhadgreatinfluenceonEngland.Astheimprovementofscienceandtechnologyinherreign,people’slifeisbecomingmoreandmoreconvenient.Suchasthesanitarysewersystem(污水排放系统)andfilamentlamp(白炽灯)emergedinVictorianage.VictoriaqueenandOpiumWar
6、However,eventhoughshehaddonemanycontributionstoherowncountry,butheraggressivepolicywasnotagoodthingtotheImprovingcountry,suchasIndiaandChina.Astheimprovementoftheoverseatrade,itsownmarketcannotsatisfyitsneed.SoEnglandwantstoexpenditsoverseamarket,andChina,India
7、hadbecomeitsquarry.ThatiswhyEnglandwascalledtheEmpressofIndia.Thankyou!