Liberalism: Derived from Latin word 'liber'means 'free'.It meant differently to different people.
Middle class: For the new middle classes it stood for freedom of individual and equality of all before law.
Politically: It emphasized government by consent. There was to be an end to autocracy and clerical privileges. The right to vote was meant to be only for property-owning men. The lower classes were therefore not included. ln general, it stood for the inviolability of private property and freedom of the markets from state-imposed restrictions on the movement of goods.
