 Everyone is EQUAL   Everyone is EQUAL. Every person has the same moral worth INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY GOVERNMENT IS… “A NECESSARY EVIL” FREEDOM IS AVAILABLE FOR ALL. FREEDOM IS THE SAME FOR ALL.

 Liberals espouse a wide array of views depending on their understanding of these principles, but generally they support ideas such as free and fair elections, civil rights, freedom of the press,freedom of religion, free trade, and private propertyfree and fair electionscivil rightsfreedom of the pressfreedom of religionfree tradeprivate property

 Liberalism first became a distinct political movement during the Age of Enlightenment, when it became popular among philosophers and economistsAge of Enlightenmentphilosopherseconomists in the Western worldWestern world

 Liberals opposed traditional conservatism and sought to replace absolutism in government with representative democracy and the rule of law.traditional conservatismabsolutismrepresentative democracyrule of law

 The revolutionaries of the Glorious Revolution, American Revolution, segments of the French Revolution, and other liberal revolutionaries from that time used liberal philosophy to justify the armed overthrow of what they saw as tyrannical rule. The nineteenth century saw liberal governments established in nations across Europe, Spanish America, and North America. [8] In this period, the dominant ideological opponent of liberalism was classical conservatism.Glorious RevolutionAmerican RevolutionFrench RevolutiontyrannicalEuropeSpanish AmericaNorth America [8]conservatism