A city in 1837

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Q1: Why were cities growing fast?

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What was Great Britain and Ireland like when Victoria became queen in 1837?

Great Britain and Ireland was a land of about 27 million people (there were only 3 million in Tudor times just 240 years before). Now Great Britain was growing fast!

As a result, a land without large cities had been transformed to one where almost as many people lived in cities as on the land. Life was changing fast...