Editing Liberalism (section)

==Origins==
Although traditionally John Locke is named as the founder of Liberalism, the roots of Locke's philosophy and political beliefs can be traced back to Niccolò Machiavelli (3 May 1469 – 21 June 1527) and the spread of Republicanism within Great Britain. This connection hinges on a pro-Republican interpretation of Machiavelli that was accidentally spread by the Anti-Machiavellian English scholar Reginald Pole. When in Florence, Pole reported rumors from their mutual acquaintances that ''The Prince'' was written to cause the overthrow of the Medici family.<ref>Rahe, P. A. (2010). the english commonwealthmen. In Machiavelli’s liberal Republican legacy (pp. 1–4). essay, Cambridge University Press.</ref> He was also informed, by the English chief minister Thomas Cromwell, that Henry VIII's decision to break with Rome, declare himself head of the church, and seize the property of the English monasteries, was inspired by ''The Prince''.{{Citation needed}}There is evidence elsewhere that Queen Elizabeth I read ''The Prince'' and that it influenced her speeches.<ref>https://ianchadwick.com/machiavelli/machiavelli-and-the-elizabethans/</ref> During the Elizabethan Era and the English Renaissance, Elizabeth I, with the help of John Dee, would go on to found the British Empire. John Dee was an Occultist who believed that angels were telling him to share his wife with other men. 
[[File:John-and-edward.jpg|thumb|John Dee (right), who coined the term "Brytish Empire," advocated colonial and maritime expansion, and whose 4000 volume library began the English renaissance. He was an occultist who believed that angels were telling him to share his wife with Edward Kelly (left), making him a precursor to pagan leftist bohemianism. Dee also introduced the term "cosmopolitan" to the English language. ]]  

===Human Nature===
John Locke is known to have been influenced by Francis Bacon, the great Elizabethan philosopher and statesman. Locke's vision of human nature in the ''Two Treatises of Government'' closely mirrors Bacon's interpretation of Machiavelli.

===Economics===
The Elizabethan era saw the expansion of usury, administrative record keeping, and data collection through institutions like the Exchequer, whose policies were supported by the likes of Sir William Cecil and Francis Bacon.<ref>[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Essays_of_Francis_Bacon_1908_Scott.djvu/298#:~:text=free%20online%20library-,Page:Essays%20of%20Francis%20Bacon%201908%20Scott,djvu/298&text=is%20against%20nature%20for%20money,freely%2C%20usury%20must%20be%20permitted. https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Essays_of_Francis_Bacon_1908_Scott.djvu/298#:~:text=free%20online%20library-,Page:Essays%20of%20Francis%20Bacon%201908%20Scott,djvu/298&text=is%20against%20nature%20for%20money,freely%2C%20usury%20must%20be%20permitted.]</ref> This would go on to influence the French physiocratic economists, whose policies led to the mismanagement of resources in France which inadvertently sparked the French revolution. The physiocrats' legacy also influenced David Hume and Adam Smith, leading to the establishment of Capitalism.