Key Terms

Liberalism: a view of society emphasising individuals (not classes) and their rights to freedom of political, religious, intellectual and artistic freedom/expression. The view also incorporates the goals of parliamentary democracy and a free enterprise economy. Colony: land settled and ruled by a foreign power which exploits the colony’s people and resources while maintaining a distinction between the ruling nation and the colonial people whom it views as inferior. Socialism: a doctrine promoting the people’s ownership of a nation’s resources and the redistribution of its wealth. Trade unionism: the development of worker power through their combination into groups (trade unions) that represent them and fight for their interests. Sectarianism: the belief that one’s religious belief has superiority over others that are perceived as inferior. Secularisation: the decline in the influence of religion.Laissez-faire: policy of leaving things to take their own course

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