1. Whigs and Tories - After the Glorious Revolution
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 to kings, some of its clergy found it impossible to justify the deposition of James II and his replacement by William III and Mary II. While the Whigs exploited these difficulties by ensuring that all office-holder took an oath of allegiance to the new regime, the Tories, in favor of the Church of Engla...
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