The Edwardian Age
After Queen's Victoria's death, her son Albert Edward, crowned as Edward VII, came to the throne of the largest empire in the world and he inherited his mother's huge power.
The period between 1901 and 1910 is called Edwardian Age, it was a continuance of the past two centuries' processes of British nation.
During his reign the main facts were growth of urban areas, that is an increase of population and the extension of the transport network as well as the industry systems.
The Liberal party took the power in parliament thanks to the trust granted by the electors, who hoped in social reforms without revolutions.
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