The answer is “to allow each branch to be held more responsible”
The Industrial Revolution impacted American society economically in a very positive way, since products were being produced en masse and exported and consumed at great profit. Socially, industrialization greatly helped create a middle class, because many more people were able to find employment. Politically, it put the focos on this middle class since they were now a major voitng block. And morally it led to a loss of morals since many factory owners did not care about the well-being of their workers.
Queen Victoria restored the reputation of a monarchy tarnished by the extravagance of her royal uncles. She also shaped a new role for the Royal Family, reconnecting it with the public through civic duties.
At just 4ft 11in tall, Victoria was a towering presence as a symbol of her Empire. She and her husband Albert and their nine children came to symbolise a new, confident age.
24 May 1819
