Victorian Era

Through reading some books written by John Stuart Mill, I realized that I need to know the British history first. Some of philosophers we will take up in the course were British and Britain had a great influence on a lot of countries nowadays. Thus, learning British history will help you know most of history in other countries. If you don't know any of them, you will be lost definitely. However, I'm lost now at this point. So, I need the knowledge at any rate.

John Stuart Mill lived from 1806 to 1873. On 25 March in 1807, Britain abolished the slave trade. It ended more than 200 years of slave trading. The Abolition of Slavery Act, passed in 1833, freed all slaves in the British empire and provided for compensation for their owners. Above all, I want to show you Victoria era because Mill lived in this era. Victorian Britain starts in 1837 and ends in 1901. It starts when Victoria comes to the throne after the death of William IV. She became queen at the age of 18 after the death of her uncle, William IV. She reigned for more than 60 years, longer than any other British monarch. Her reign was a period of significant social, economic and technological change, which saw the expansion of Britain's industrial power and of the British empire. However there were riots over the right to vote and the repeal of the Corn Laws, which had been established to protect British agriculture during the Napoleonic Wars in the early part of the 19th century. Moreover, the country was connected by an expansive network of railway lines in this era. So, small, previously isolated communities were exposed and entire economies shifted as cities became more and more accessible.
There is much more things to study.

*The building in the picture is the Smith Hall in which my classroom is located.