Question

What did Liberalism mean to the Middle Class in Europe? a) Universal Adult Franchise b) Freedom of the individual and equality of all before law c) End of conservatism d) End of aristocracy

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is option (b) – Freedom of the individual and equality of all before law.

• The word ‘liberalism’ is derived from the Latin word liber. Liber means free.
• Government by consent was the politically emphasised concept in this.
• Stress was laid out on the inviolability of private property by nineteenth century liberals.
• Liberalism stood for representative Government through Parliament, and the Constitution.
• Liberalism stood for end of clerical privileges and end of autocracy since the French Revolution.

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