Key Terms

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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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