THE AGE OF REASON
During the Enlightenment, or Age of Reason, intellectuals began to examine the standards by which rulers governed. The principles of the Scientific Revolution, which held that everything including the government was worth examination and scrutiny, spread to these philosophies; our early political scientists.
These new liberal ideas were that individuals had natural rights and thatgovernment was an agreement or contract between the people and their ruler. In this governmental contract both the ruler and the citizen had rights and responsibilities. Power needed to be separated and balanced so that individuals or groups did not become corrupt through those powers. Liberal ideas mean ideas that want a change from the way things are usually done. These ideas were considered liberal because they wanted change from absolutism and the divine right of kings.
These new liberal ideas were that individuals had natural rights and thatgovernment was an agreement or contract between the people and their ruler. In this governmental contract both the ruler and the citizen had rights and responsibilities. Power needed to be separated and balanced so that individuals or groups did not become corrupt through those powers. Liberal ideas mean ideas that want a change from the way things are usually done. These ideas were considered liberal because they wanted change from absolutism and the divine right of kings.
A short video on the Spanish War of Succession. This videos provides a written overview with images...
As a result of few decent video clips in English, here are some short clips in Spanish describing the Spanish War of Succession as well as the Treaty of Utrecht
Reformism in Bourbon Spain...centered on the changes in Spain including the Nueva Planta decrees
