1. Whigs and Tories - After the Glorious Revolution
In the aftermath, the House of Commons and Lords solidified a key role for Parliament in governing the country and During the Glorious Revolution the Whig and Tory parties cooperated in discontinuing the Stuart dynasty and seating William III of Orange on the throne of England, Scotland, and Ireland. ... The Whigs had been the party most associated with William III and his attempt to destroy the power of Louis XIV. ... In part this was perhaps because of the Church of England's difficulties with the Glorious Revolution because, having developed firm views on the unlawfulness of resistance...
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