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Many elements of this ideology developed in the 17th and 18th centuries, and it is often seen as being the natural ideology of the industrial revolution and its subsequent capitalist system. The early liberal figures now described as "classical liberals" rejected many foundational assumptions which dominated most earlier theories of government, such as the Divine Right of Kings, hereditary status, and established religion and focuses on individual freedom, reason, justice and tolerance. Such thinkers and their ideas helped to inspire the American Revolution and French Revolution.

Many elements of this ideology developed in the 17th and 18th centuries, and it is often seen as being the natural ideology of the industrial revolution and its subsequent capitalist system. The early liberal figures now described as "classical liberals" rejected many foundational assumptions which dominated most earlier theories of government, such as the Divine Right of Kings, hereditary status, and established religion and focuses on individual freedom, reason, justice and tolerance. Such thinkers and their ideas helped to inspire the American Revolution and French Revolution.

This interpretation of liberalism arose during the [[Enlightenment]], and became influential through the [[American Revolution]] and [[French Revolution]], and was also spread in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries by the [[classical economists]].<ref>http://www.economyprofessor.com/economictheories/economic-liberalism.php</ref>

This interpretation of liberalism arose during the [[Enlightenment]], and became influential through the [[American Revolution]] and [[French Revolution]], and was also spread in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries by the [[classical economists]].<ref name="economyprofessor.com">http://www.economyprofessor.com/economictheories/economic-liberalism.php</ref>

Classical liberalism is the primary [[ideology]] behind politics in the United States. Both modern American [[liberalism]] and [[conservatism]] are branches of classical liberalism, as they both seek to promote individual freedom, though in different ways.  

Classical liberalism is the primary [[ideology]] behind politics in the United States. Both modern American [[liberalism]] and [[conservatism]] are branches of classical liberalism, as they both seek to promote individual freedom, though in different ways.  

*[[Equal rights]] independent of race or sex

*[[Equal rights]] independent of race or sex

This interpretation of liberalism arose during the [[Enlightenment]], and became influential through the [[American Revolution]] and [[French Revolution]], and was also spread in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries by the [[classical economists]]<ref>http://www.economyprofessor.com/economictheories/economic-liberalism.php</ref>.

This interpretation of liberalism arose during the [[Enlightenment]], and became influential through the [[American Revolution]] and [[French Revolution]], and was also spread in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries by the [[classical economists]].<ref name="economyprofessor.com"/>

Classical liberalism is the primary [[ideology]] behind politics in the United States. Both modern American [[liberalism]] and [[conservatism]] are branches of classical liberalism, as they both seek to promote individual freedom, though in different ways.  

Classical liberalism is the primary [[ideology]] behind politics in the United States. Both modern American [[liberalism]] and [[conservatism]] are branches of classical liberalism, as they both seek to promote individual freedom, though in different ways.  

* Nozick, Robert.  ''Anarchy State and Utopia'' (2001), advanced

* Nozick, Robert.  ''Anarchy State and Utopia'' (2001), advanced

*Stigler, George Joseph. ''Memoirs of an Unregulated Economist'' (1988), autobiography of leader of Chicago School of Economics

*Stigler, George Joseph. ''Memoirs of an Unregulated Economist'' (1988), autobiography of leader of Chicago School of Economics

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