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Early Life Queen Victoria born Alexandrina Victoria on May 24th, 1819 in Kensington Palace, London, England. Victoria was the only child of Edward and Victoria Maria Louisa. The time spent with her parents were short lived as Edward passed away when Victoria was only eight months old. Growing up in the royal family, Victoria was educated in the Royal Palace by a governess. Victoria had a knack for drawing, painting, and eventually journal writing. Victoria first learned of her future role as a princess during a history lesson when she was ten years old. As Victoria grew up, it became clear that she will be the next heir for the crown as there were no healthy heir left in the family. Because of this, Alexandrina Victoria become Queen Victoria on June 20th, 1837. She was only eighteen when she was the constitutional monarch of England. Three years after becoming Queen, Victoria married her cousin, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. …show more content…
Under her, there was a tremendous growth in wealth and poverty; major cities such as Manchester and Birmingham grew; literacy rates skyrocketed; and civil work projects were accomplished. The period of revitalization and growth in Great Britain was called the Victorian Era which was coined after Queen Victoria. On top of the social advances, Queen Victoria expanded Britain to control land all over the world. Britain encompassed Canada, India, Australia, and a myriad of land in the Pacific and Africa. To keep order and peace in global politics, Queen Victoria enforced a method of family ties to keep everyone happy: she would either be directly or by marriage connected to each of the heads of the European powers.

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