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POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC LIBERALISM - Coggle Diagram
POLITICAL AND
ECONOMIC LIBERALISM
Criticism of the old regime
Based on Enlightened thought
Developed a radical opposition to Old Regime
Characterised by
Estate system
Mainly agricultural economy
Political absolutism
The liberals criticised different aspects
The survival of a feudal economy
Criticised the fiefdoms
The power of absolute monarch and the church
The power of the monarchies limited the individual rights
The legal inequality of the estate system
Society divided into
Privileged social groups
The rest of the population
The commoners
Ideas of political liberalism
The old regime heavily criticised
A group of ideas formed around political liberanism
The existance of unalienable indivial rights
These rights cannot be taken away
Possessed the right to
Life
Liberty
Property
The division of powers
Power had to be moderated by individual rights
Separation between the Church and the state
Equality of people before the law
Abolition of all privileges
Everyone should be subjected to the same laws
Soverignty resides in the nation
People should govern themselves
These should be elected by voting
