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AND THE
ANGLO-
AMERICAN
LIBERAL
TRADITION OF
CIVIC
LIBERTIES
Introduction
The society built, already during the colonial period, was elastic
and diverse, and the religious diversity and social equality of the
Americans differed sharply with the Spanish aristocracy in Latin
America. The Anglo American nation was formed by the American
Civil War, as a result of the terrible trauma of a civil war and the
liberation of the slaves and their inclusion in American society; all
this meant the redefinition of the American nation.
The “Agreement of the People” (1649) is the antecedent of rights
articulated in the Bill of Rights in the 18th century; it was published
by John Lilburne, and we can say that is the becoming of the
opening up of a legal space for privacy and individual freedom.
Many of the ideas embodied in the U. S. Constitution were in the
“Agreement of the People”: right to for all people to vote, freedom
of religion and press…
Wilkes did adopt the radical demands of the urban middle class,
making the opening up of a legal space for privacy and individual
freedom: shorter Parliaments, parliamentary reform, exclusion of
place-men and pensioners from the Commons and pro-
Americanism. In the House of Commons, after being expelled again
(1774-90), he supported parliamentary reform and freedom of the
press.
Influence
Conclusion
“Wilkes and liberty” became the slogan of the London crowds who
demonstrated his support. He gained popular support, forced the
extinction of general warrants, and was a champion of mass
politics henceforth one of the strands in popular radicalism.
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