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Whig and Tory

historical political party, England
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Category: History & Society
Date:
c. 1679 - 1800
Related People:
Henry Richard Vassall Fox, 3rd Baron Holland
Robert Walpole, 1st earl of Orford
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Charles James Fox
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Whig and Tory, members of two opposing political parties or factions in England, particularly during the 18th century. Originally “Whig” and “Tory” were terms of abuse introduced in 1679 during the heated struggle over the bill to exclude James, duke of York (afterward James II), from the succession. Whig—whatever its origin in Scottish Gaelic—was a term applied to horse thieves and, later, to Scottish Presbyterians; it connoted nonconformity and rebellion and was applied to those who claimed the power of excluding the heir from the throne. Tory was an Irish term suggesting a papist outlaw and was applied to those ...(100 of 596 words)

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