The correct answer is A) the growth of the empire continued ti increase their confidence.
The statement that best describes the effect of Queen Victoria’s reign on the middle class in Britain is “the growth of the empire continued to increase their confidence.”
By 1882 the British Empire had extended over one-fifth of the surface of the planet. Colonial wars made possible this expansion. The middle-class was not large in Victorian times. They were businessman, bankers, merchants, and doctors. They were about 15% of the British population. The effect of Queen Victoria’s reign on the middle class in Britain was that the growth of the empire continued to increase their confidence.