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Liberalism

As we has seen before, liberalism was the preeminent reform movement in Europe during the 19th century. Its success, however, differed depending on the historical, economic and social circumstances of each country. Although different forms of Liberalism proposed very different policies, they all supported the same basic principles.bubble.us mindmap liberalism

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According to the chart above, try to put the right word in the gaps.

In a liberal system, because of the sovereignty, the political will of citizens is expressed by in order to choose their representatives to the , the institution that exercises the power.

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Do you realise that suffrage, restricted or universal, in the 19th century was only a male right?

 In the 19th century, in the vast majority of Western countries, married women had noteworthy legal limitations:

  • they didn´t have ownership of the money they earned
  • they didn´t have  ownership of their properties(excluding land depending on countries)
  • they couldn´t make contracts
  • they couldn´t iniciate lawsuits

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In 1885 Paul Gide, a French professor of law, wondered if the status of a married women was a status of dependence or in fact a true inability.

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