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Development of Liberalism
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The Development of Liberalism
Industrial Revolution
French Revolution
Reformation
Renaissance
Industrial Revolution
(1700-1800)
French Revolution
(1789)
Renaissance
(1300-1500)
Reformation
(1517-1648)
The Industrial Revolution promoted great change in both social and economic aspects. These changes were promoted greatly by new development of technologies and ideas. Many of these changes were based around classical liberalism specifically self-interest, private property, and competition.
The Renaissance was a time of great advancement in science, philosophy and art.These changes brought about a new way of thinking some of which opposed the modern views at of religion at the time. These opposing views planted the seed of change in peoples minds and allowed for future revolutions and change towards liberalism.
The French Revolution sparked many other more revolutions around Europe with its new views on leadership and equality of rights for everyone. The French Revolution was one of the biggest events to influence and promote liberalism. The revolution itself was based around rule of law and individual right and freedoms
The Protestant reformation lead by Martin Luther called out the flaws in the Roman Catholic church. This created the new religion of Protestantism which allowed for a more personal relationship with god. Through doing this people suddenly had more control over their lives and weren't bullied around by the church anymore. This gave citizens the taste of more individual freedom which created a hate of being controlled.
American Revolution
(1776)
The Enlightenment
(1700's)
Magna Carta
(1215)
Iriquois Confederacy
(1400-1776)
Changes to the Class System
(1800's)
Ancient Greeks
(508-322)
The American Revolution was influenced by the liberal ideas of the enlightenment. America was the first of British colonies to declare their independence and create its own government. Unlike Britain at the time, the United States based their government off what its citizens wanted. This new kind of government promoted self-interest and for people to work for themselves rather than the collective.
The Magna Carta was a document signed in Britain to limit the power of the king and the church. The document introduced the liberal idea of rule of law which ensured that no one, not even the king was above the law.The Magna Carta has influenced many modern day documents such as the Constitution and the Bill of Rights
The Iriquois (Haudenosaunee) Confederacy was comprised of six individual sovereign aboriginal tribes. These groups came together to create the Great Law of Peace in order to end violence. In this agreement were several liberal ideals such as equality, and the first instance of individual rights and freedoms with the freedom to express ones self.
During the Enlightenment, philosophers conducted thought-experiments using rational thinking. These experiments looked into human nature to determine how society should be setup. Some of the major philosophers involved in these experiments were: Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau. These experiments provided definitive proof of how peoples lives could be in liberalism. After learning this people began going against the church and towards rational thought and more liberal ideas.
The Greeks made huge changes in terms of science and reason however they were still a mostly religion based society. Many think of Athens as the birthplace of early democracy. The Greeks also introduced the idea of equality, which had never appeared in any civilization before. The changes made by the Greeks helped to lay the stepping stones for any future development of liberalism.
After the French Revolution many more smaller revolutions took place around Europe and the world. All of these revolutions began to breakdown the class system so many societies had ran on, and began replacing them with classical liberalism. This new idea was focused around the individual having economic freedom and being able to change their own lives. This allowed people to gain and lose wealth which would change their social class.
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