How was liberalism allied to national unity in Europe

How was liberalism allied to national unity in Europe in the early decades of the 19th century ? Analyse.

• Answer:
  1. For the new middle classes in the 19th century Europe, liberalism stood for freedom for the individual. 
  2. It also stood for equality of all before the law. 
  3. Politically, it emphasized the concept of government by consent. 
  4. Since the French Revolution, liberalism had stood for the end of autocracy and clerical privileges, a constitution and representative government through parliament. 
  5. In the economic sphere, liberalism stood for the freedom of markets and the abolition of state-imposed restrictions on the movement of goods and capital.
  6. Formation of Zollverein to promote economic growth.

   

• Exam Year: 2025