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El término whig corresponde al antiguo nombre del Partido Liberal británico. En política, el término whig —del gaélico escocés 'cuatrero' 1 — fue una manera despectiva de referirse a los covenanters presbiterianos que marcharon desde el suroeste de Escocia sobre Edimburgo en 1648 en lo que se conoció como el Whiggamore Raid, usando ...
13 de sept. de 2023 · The Whigs were a significant political faction in English political heritage that emerged in the late 17th century and played a pivotal role in the development of the modern British political system. The term “Whig” was originally used as a pejorative term to describe those who opposed the absolute monarchy of the Stuart kings, particularly James II, during the late 17th century.
This article is about the political faction in England between 1678 and 1859 For the political party founded in 2014 see Whig (British political faction) The Whigs were a ( political party ) in the ( Parliaments of England ), ( Scotland ), ( Ireland ), ( Great Britain ) and the ( United Kingdom
The political parties contained in this module are split into alphabetised lists based on the first character of the name (for example, "Labour Party (UK)" would be under /L ). The /1 subpage is for any party that does not start with the western letters A-Z (including numbers and accented characters). Within each data submodule are two local ...
The names which for about two centuries were popularly applied to the two great political parties in Great Britain. Both were at first names of reproach. Whig was meant to imply that those who were thus designated were no better than the Presbyterian rebels of Scotland, while the name Tory was intended to imply some connection with Irish brigands, who were supposed to desire a Catholic king.
26 de abr. de 2024 · 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.
Removed the following line from the description of the Whig Party: (now the Liberal Democrats) . Liberal Democrats have nothing to do with the Whig Party. I think the term "whig" actually originates in the English Civil War period of the 1640s-50s, when it was used to refer to a radical faction of the Scottish Covenanters who called themselves the "Kirk party".
