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| England fought two Opium Wars against China, the first between 1839 and 1842, and the second between 1856 and 1860 with France on England's side. England gained Hong Kong and access to five Chinese ports. With the Indian Mutiny in 1857 against England's power over India, the Indian administration was taken away responsibilities. Britain also stood in support of Italian independence from Austrian rule, and fought against the Ottoman Turks in the Crimean War (1853-1856). | England fought two Opium Wars against China, the first between 1839 and 1842, and the second between 1856 and 1860 with France on England's side. England gained Hong Kong and access to five Chinese ports. With the Indian Mutiny in 1857 against England's power over India, the Indian administration was taken away responsibilities. Britain also stood in support of Italian independence from Austrian rule, and fought against the Ottoman Turks in the Crimean War (1853-1856). |
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| The term "Victorian comrpomise" is often used to the great contradictions and the enormous unprecedented change that took place within this time. Despite all of the progress in the instance of political stability and reforms during the period, it was a dark age for class mobility, poverty and justice. The belief in God, which brought about Evangelical and Charity movements, was juxtaposed to a sense of optimism over scientific and political progress. | The term "Victorian compromise" is often used to highlight the great contradictions and the enormous unprecedented change that took place within this time. Despite all of the progress in the instance of political stability and reforms during the period, it was a dark age for class mobility, poverty and justice. The belief in God, which brought about Evangelical and Charity movements, was juxtaposed to a sense of optimism over scientific and political progress. |
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| The sense of respectability, borne of a new morality but also of a hypocritical veil over the corruption of the time, became important, along with a sense of social status and an assiduous focus on appearance, education and hygiene. These ideals spanned the entirety of society, including the worker class. Women were seen as physically inferior but morally superior beings, and a lot of emphasis was put onto the value of chastity, while within this new moral framework sexuality or even its very mention was generally repressed, even in language and imagery. | The sense of respectability, borne of a new morality but also of a hypocritical veil over the corruption of the time, became important, along with a sense of social status and an assiduous focus on appearance, education and hygiene. These ideals spanned the entirety of society, including the worker class. Women were seen as physically inferior but morally superior beings, and a lot of emphasis was put onto the value of chastity, while within this new moral framework sexuality or even its very mention was generally repressed, even in language and imagery. |