Whigs
Tories' historical rivals
Whigs were members of political parties in Britain and America during the 18th and 19th centuries.
The British Whigs opposed absolute monarchy and supported parliamentary supremacy, eventually evolving into the Liberal Party.
American Whigs formed in the 1830s to oppose Andrew Jackson's Democrats, advocating for a strong Congress and economic modernization before dissolving over slavery in the 1850s.
The term originally was a Scottish insult for horse thieves, applied mockingly to those who opposed royal succession.
British conservative faction
- Glorious RevolutionEngland's 1688 regime change
- William IIIAnglo-Dutch sovereign, late 1600s
- RockinghamHistoric English pottery brand
- Earl GreyBergamot-flavored black tea
constitutional monarchy · Queen Anne · landed gentry · aristocracy
Formal discontinuation of practice
- electoral reformAltering voting system laws
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
- suffrageRight to cast ballots
- modernizationAdoption of current methods
improvement · anti-slavery · religious liberty · penal reform
- Daniel WebsterStatesman and constitutional lawyer
- Zachary TaylorTwelfth American chief executive
- national bankGovernment-regulated financial institution
- tariffTax on traded goods
Know-Nothings · Abraham Lincoln · Tippecanoe · antebellum · sectionalism · nullification · manifest destiny
Governance bound by fundamental laws
- parliamentarismGovernment accountable to legislature
- religious toleranceAcceptance of differing faiths
- mercantilismTrade policy favoring exports
- ProtestantPost-schism Western Christian
anti-Catholic · limited monarchy · rule of law · property rights · commercial interests · free trade · civil liberties · natural rights
Tories
British conservative faction
- Glorious RevolutionEngland's 1688 regime change
- William IIIAnglo-Dutch sovereign, late 1600s
- RockinghamHistoric English pottery brand
Earl Grey · constitutional monarchy · Queen Anne · landed gentry · aristocracy
abolition
Formal discontinuation of practice
- electoral reformAltering voting system laws
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
- suffrageRight to cast ballots
modernization · improvement · anti-slavery · religious liberty · penal reform
Henry Clay
- Daniel WebsterStatesman and constitutional lawyer
- Zachary TaylorTwelfth American chief executive
- national bankGovernment-regulated financial institution
tariff · Know-Nothings · Abraham Lincoln · Tippecanoe · antebellum · sectionalism · nullification · manifest destiny
constitutionalism
Governance bound by fundamental laws
- parliamentarismGovernment accountable to legislature
- religious toleranceAcceptance of differing faiths
- mercantilismTrade policy favoring exports
Protestant · anti-Catholic · limited monarchy · rule of law · property rights · commercial interests · free trade · civil liberties · natural rights · social contract
- US HistoryAmerican Revolution, US history, Civil War, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln
- Political PartiesRepublican Party, Democratic Party, Labour Party, Conservative Party, Green Party
- British PoliticsHouse of Commons, Westminster, Tories, Commons, peers
- 1830sAndrew Jackson, Trail of Tears, Indian Removal Act, Texas Revolution, Republic of Texas
- 18th Century GroupsFounding Fathers, Continental Congress, Sons of Liberty, Jacobins, Freemasons
- Georgian BritainGeorge III, Walpole, Culloden, Georgian era, Regency period
WhigsTories
British conservative faction
conservatives · monarchists · absolutists · traditionalists · reactionaries
- Whig PartyLegislative supremacy advocates