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Reform in England, 1820-1850
The years immediately following the peace settlement of 1815 are known as the restoration era. However, it was impossible to restore the old regime. The revolutionary dreams of individual liberty, representative government, and national fulfillment had been momentarily defeated but not destroyed. Technology had begun the slow but accelerating alteration of economic activity that would in turn transform the social and political structure of Europe.
The Great Exhibition opened
The world’s first international exhibition of industry was opened on the 1st May 1851 by Her Majesty Queen Victoria. It was originally planned that this inauguration would be a private ceremony because the Queen had been attacked in June of the previous year by Robert Pate, and was wary of public attention.