CBSE Class 10 Answered

In 19th century Europe, the middle class stood for ‘liberalism’. Liberalism in political terms stood for equality, freedom, formation and working of government by consent.  In the economic field, liberalism advocated the freedom of markets and the abolition of unjust duties on the movement of goods from one territory to the other. This led to the beginning of economic nationalism in Europe which contributed to the rise of nationalism. It was a wave of economic nationalism that strengthened the wider nationalist sentiments growing at the time. 

Socially, liberalism advocated for voting rights for non-landed classes, workers and women all over Europe.