William IV: Reform Act of 1832, a great forward movement in democratic government; abolition of slavery, 1833; railways and steamships.
Victoria: First British settlement in New Zealand, 1839; Repeal of the Corn Laws, 1846—free trade, the commercial policy of England; Elementary Education Act, 1870, education compulsory; parliamentary franchise extended—vote by ballot; Crimean war; Indian Mutiny; Egypt and the Suez Canal; Boer War—Orange Free State and South African Republic annexed; social progress.
Edward VII: Irish Land Act of 1903; pensions for aged labourers; King Edward, "the Peace-maker."
Civics
Taxation—direct and indirect; how the revenue of the Dominion, provinces, and municipalities, respectively, is collected.
Federal Government—Governor-general, Senate, House of Commons, Premier, Cabinet.
Imperial Government—King, House of Lords, House of Commons, Premier, Cabinet.