2. Definition
Liberalism is basically
the quality of being
liberal, as in behavior
or attitude. Liberalism
is a political and
social philosophy that
advocates freedom.
3. Liberalism
There are many types of
freedom, such as freedom of
the individual, a parliamentary
systems of government, non-
violent modification of political,
social, or economic institutions
to assure unrestricted
development in all spheres of
human endeavor, and
governmental guarantees of
individual rights and civil
liberties.
4. Liberalism
Liberalism first became a
powerful force in the Age
of Enlightenment. The
idea of Liberalism was
used in many countries.
Liberalism gave people
hope that there was still
freedom around the world
5. Spread of liberalism
The revolutionaries in the
American Revolution and the
French Revolution used liberal
philosophy to justify the armed
overthrow of tyrannical rule.
The 19th century saw liberal
governments established in
nations across Europe, Latin
America, and North America.
Liberal ideas spread even further
in the 20th century, when liberal
democracies triumphed in two
world wars and survived major
ideological challenges from
fascism and communism.
6. John Locke
John Locke was a
enlightenment thinker. He
was a liberal thinker. He
is often credited for the
theory of liberalism. He
came up with three
theories, which was life,
liberty, and property. He
believed that people
should have the right to
speak for themselves and
on their own.
7. Mary Wollstonecraft
She was an
enlightenment thinker
who had theories that
women should have as
much freedom as
women.
She was a philosopher,
write, and feminist.
She fought for women to
get freedom.
8. Voltaire
Voltaire was an
enlightenment thinker
who had the theory of
“Freedom of expression"
He believed that people
should have the rights to
say, think, or do whatever
they wanted as long as it
did not harm or involve
anyone else.
9. Liberalism
Some people do not
support the idea of
Liberalism, for example
another enlightenment
thinker Thomas Hobbes.
Thomas Hobbes idea
was that people were evil
from birth, and they had
to be taught and handled
to turn into good people.