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Scotland (United Kingdom) (search for this): entry whigs-and-tories
n Church and State, in the reign of Charles II. and James II., the term Whig came to be applied to all opposers of the throne and of the hierarchy. The word Tory seems to have been first applied to the Irish insurgents at the time of a massacre of Protestants in Ireland in 1640-41. The origin of the word is unknown. The name was applied to all High-Churchmen and royalists, and hence the name of Whig was given to all opposers of the royal government, and Tory to its supporters. This is the commonly received statement concerning these political names. Another account says that the drivers of horses in certain parts of Scotland used the word whiggamore in driving, and were called Whiggamores, and, shorter, Whigs. An insurrectionary movement from that region, when about 6,000 people marched on Edinburgh, was called the Whiggamore inroad, and ever afterwards those who opposed the Court were called Whigs. These distinctions were first used in the English-American colonies about 1770.
England (United Kingdom) (search for this): entry whigs-and-tories
Whigs and Tories. The word Whig, in politics, is derived from whig, or whey, which the country people in the interior of England drank at their religious meetings. As these people were Non-conformists, in Church and State, in the reign of Charles II. and James II., the term Whig came to be applied to all opposers of the throne and of the hierarchy. The word Tory seems to have been first applied to the Irish insurgents at the time of a massacre of Protestants in Ireland in 1640-41. The origin of the word is unknown. The name was applied to all High-Churchmen and royalists, and hence the name of Whig was given to all opposers of the royal government, and Tory to its supporters. This is the commonly received statement concerning these political names. Another account says that the drivers of horses in certain parts of Scotland used the word whiggamore in driving, and were called Whiggamores, and, shorter, Whigs. An insurrectionary movement from that region, when about 6,000
Scotia (search for this): entry whigs-and-tories
Whigs and Tories. The word Whig, in politics, is derived from whig, or whey, which the country people in the interior of England drank at their religious meetings. As these people were Non-conformists, in Church and State, in the reign of Charles II. and James II., the term Whig came to be applied to all opposers of the throne and of the hierarchy. The word Tory seems to have been first applied to the Irish insurgents at the time of a massacre of Protestants in Ireland in 1640-41. The origin of the word is unknown. The name was applied to all High-Churchmen and royalists, and hence the name of Whig was given to all opposers of the royal government, and Tory to its supporters. This is the commonly received statement concerning these political names. Another account says that the drivers of horses in certain parts of Scotland used the word whiggamore in driving, and were called Whiggamores, and, shorter, Whigs. An insurrectionary movement from that region, when about 6,000
1640 AD (search for this): entry whigs-and-tories
Whigs and Tories. The word Whig, in politics, is derived from whig, or whey, which the country people in the interior of England drank at their religious meetings. As these people were Non-conformists, in Church and State, in the reign of Charles II. and James II., the term Whig came to be applied to all opposers of the throne and of the hierarchy. The word Tory seems to have been first applied to the Irish insurgents at the time of a massacre of Protestants in Ireland in 1640-41. The origin of the word is unknown. The name was applied to all High-Churchmen and royalists, and hence the name of Whig was given to all opposers of the royal government, and Tory to its supporters. This is the commonly received statement concerning these political names. Another account says that the drivers of horses in certain parts of Scotland used the word whiggamore in driving, and were called Whiggamores, and, shorter, Whigs. An insurrectionary movement from that region, when about 6,000
1641 AD (search for this): entry whigs-and-tories
Whigs and Tories. The word Whig, in politics, is derived from whig, or whey, which the country people in the interior of England drank at their religious meetings. As these people were Non-conformists, in Church and State, in the reign of Charles II. and James II., the term Whig came to be applied to all opposers of the throne and of the hierarchy. The word Tory seems to have been first applied to the Irish insurgents at the time of a massacre of Protestants in Ireland in 1640-41. The origin of the word is unknown. The name was applied to all High-Churchmen and royalists, and hence the name of Whig was given to all opposers of the royal government, and Tory to its supporters. This is the commonly received statement concerning these political names. Another account says that the drivers of horses in certain parts of Scotland used the word whiggamore in driving, and were called Whiggamores, and, shorter, Whigs. An insurrectionary movement from that region, when about 6,000
1770 AD (search for this): entry whigs-and-tories
n Church and State, in the reign of Charles II. and James II., the term Whig came to be applied to all opposers of the throne and of the hierarchy. The word Tory seems to have been first applied to the Irish insurgents at the time of a massacre of Protestants in Ireland in 1640-41. The origin of the word is unknown. The name was applied to all High-Churchmen and royalists, and hence the name of Whig was given to all opposers of the royal government, and Tory to its supporters. This is the commonly received statement concerning these political names. Another account says that the drivers of horses in certain parts of Scotland used the word whiggamore in driving, and were called Whiggamores, and, shorter, Whigs. An insurrectionary movement from that region, when about 6,000 people marched on Edinburgh, was called the Whiggamore inroad, and ever afterwards those who opposed the Court were called Whigs. These distinctions were first used in the English-American colonies about 1770.