The correct answer is A) the growth of the empire continued ti increase their confidence.
<em>The statement that best describes the effect of Queen Victoria’s reign on the middle class in Britain is “the growth of the empire continued to increase their confidence.”
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By 1882 the British Empire had extended over one-fifth of the surface of the planet. Colonial wars made possible this expansion. The middle-class was not large in Victorian times. They were businessman, bankers, merchants, and doctors. They were about 15% of the British population. The effect of Queen Victoria’s reign on the middle class in Britain was that the growth of the empire continued to increase their confidence.
