During the time of Charles II the Whigs then the Country Party had tried to exclude Catholic James Duke of York from the succession in what was known as the exclusion crisis, the Tories believed in his divine right. The Tories were for passive obedience, divine right, the high church, hereditary succession and were typically against war in the period, this was contrary to the Whigs who believed in the right of resistance, religious toleration, emphasised the contractual role between king and subjects, and feared monarchical absolutism whilst avowedly pro war. Continue reading
James II, William III, Queen Anne, Whigs and Tories and The Act of Union
31 Sunday Aug 2014
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