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the Levellers a 17th century group for political reform in England The Levellers were a 17th-century English political group. During the English Revolution pushed the Levellers for an extention of the right to vote and also government reforms based on undeniable individual rights and the principle of governmental power based upon public mandate. The Levellers first figured as a distinct group in 1647, during the conflict between King Charles I and Parliament. The Levellers enjoyed wide-spread …

…were born free and equal and possessed natural rights that resided in the individual, not the government. They believed that each man should have freedom limited only by regard for the freedom of others. They believed the law should equally protect the poor and the wealthy. The Levellers were the social libertarians of the day (or classic liberals). "Leveller" was a term of abuse, coined by their opponents to exaggerate the threat of their ideas.