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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › WhiggismWhiggism - Wikipedia

    Whiggism is a political philosophy that grew out of the Parliamentarian faction in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms (1639–1651). The Whigs advocated the supremacy of Parliament (as opposed to that of the king), tolerance of Protestant dissenters , and opposition to a " Papist " ( Roman Catholic ) on the throne, especially James II or ...

  2. Liberalism portal. Politics portal. v. t. e. The Whigs were a political party in the Parliaments of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom. Between the 1680s and the 1850s, the Whigs contested power with their rivals, the Tories. The Whigs merged into the Liberal Party with the Peelites and Radicals in the ...

  3. 6 de nov. de 2009 · Print Page. Getty. The Whig Party was a political party formed in 1834 by opponents of President Andrew Jackson and his Jacksonian Democrats. Led by Henry Clay, the name “Whigs” was derived from...

  4. 26 de abr. de 2024 · 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.

  5. www.oxfordreference.com › display › 10Whig - Oxford Reference

    Há 3 dias · Quick Reference. The Whigs were one of the two main political parties in Britain between the later 17th and mid‐19th cents. The term, which derived from ‘whiggamore’, the name by which the Scots covenanters had been derogatorily known, was first used by the Tories during the Exclusion crisis to brand the opponents of James, duke of York.