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THE
CONSTITUTIONAL
HISTORY OF ENGLAND.
VOLUME II.
CONTENTS
OF
THE SECOND VOLUME.
CHAPTER VIII.
PARTY.
Influence of party on Parliamentary government
The principles represented by English parties
Origin of parties
The Puritans
Parties under the Stuarts..
Whigs and Tories.
Parties after the Revolution
Classes from which parties were mainly drawn.
Revival of the Tory party on the accession of George III.
The king's efforts to break up parties
Alliance of the king's friends with the Tories
The Whigs in opposition
Resistance to change, a principle adopted by the Tories
Party principles tested by the American war
Secession of the Whigs from Parliament, 1776
The Whigs in power, 1782
Party crisis on the death of Lord Rockingham
Influence of the French Revolution upon parties
Disruption of the Whigs ..