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History This page contains information about the British history, but it the information is very limited due to demarcation to the main subject.

As everyone knows United Kingdom was and is still today one of the greatest marine nations in the world. British men sailed all around the world, and in the 15th, 16th and 17th century the country had colonies on all continets. It's not a myth that they brought a lot of resources back home, and that they made good profit on trading with other nations. If you want to read more about the British imperialism, please click here or here.

Most of the workers on the ships were working class men. Most of the wealth were given to the royal family and other powerful officials and dignitaries. This was increasing the wealth for those who had a considerable sum of money from before, while the men who worked on the ships just earned something to live for. This is just an example of why the differences between the social classes in the British society increased during history. The people in the bigger cities didn't have any job at all, and for thos who actually had it, the chances for that they had a good sallary and lived a nice life were very little. Take for example the famous history and movie, //"Oliver Twist"//. When Oliver Twist comes into London, most people are poor and don't live properly. It's a good example of the poverty in London during British history, and especially througout the Victorian era. There was ofcourse other reasons than only the British colonies for why the classes developed to what they are today, such as working class men in North East England, in instance the Newcastle area, who worked in coal-mines. Just as in rest of Europe, it wasn't normal for women to work. They were supposed to stay at home and do cleaning, cooking, etc. The conditions was so bad for many of these low-class flamilies, that many of them sent their boys to work from an age of at about seven-eight. However, the directors of the coal-mines got richer and richer, whilst normal workers just remained to live like they always did. The children didn't have any proper rights until 1841, which was when Queen Victoria started to prohibit child labour on several stages. You can read more about child labour here.

Their conditions are much better today. United Kindom has changed enourmously since the Industrial revoloution and the victorian era, but there is still big differences between the rich and the poor in Britain. Please click here to read about social differences.



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