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To What extent were the Tories Liberal and enlightened in the period 1822-1827?
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To What extent were the Tories Liberal and enlightened in the period 1822-1827? The terms liberal and enlightened can be used to describe a number of different views, at this time they would have been the freedom of religion, political rights, the right to free expression and free trade. After the cabinet reshuffle of 1822 the newly formed cabinet made some changes which backed some of these views, but some they did not back. Traditional historians see the period before 1822 as repressive with the government trying to restore law and order whereas the historians see the period 1822-1827 as liberal and enlightened which are associated with the economic policies and reforms of the "second wave" ministers. The second wave ministers had all served in the repressive periods. Indeed we can recognize the changes made with Evans's view that "Liverpool's government had never experienced anything so cathartic as an ideological conversion". We...
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