They triumphed in 1830 as champions of Parliamentary reform. They began to recover unity by supporting moral reforms, especially the abolition of slavery and emancipation of the Catholics. They were eclipsed by the new Toryism of the younger Pitt from 1783 and after the French Revolution many became Tories. In the 18th century, Whigs were not organized as a party in the modern sense and consisted largely of personal groups contending for power among themselves, kept together by friendship and patronage rather than policies and principles. Their great leader, and opponent of George III, was Charles James Fox. Then the Whigs were largely in opposition with the Tories dominant. Tories at that time were suspected of disloyalty, so the Whigs under Walpole had a monopoly of power until George III became king in 1760. The Whigs were united in opposition to the вЂњJacobitesвЂќ (the followers of exiled James II) and put the Hanoverian George I in power. The Whigs were primarily responsible for the Glorious Revolution of 1688 the 'Whig Junto' was a powerful faction during the reigns of William III and Anne. It upheld parliamentary supremacy and toleration for nonconformist Protestants (but not for Catholics). It was based on the aristocracy and from businessmen from the trading community and the City of London. The term вЂњWhigвЂќ was originally an abusive term for the country party under Shaftesbury in 1679. It was the name of a coalition of like-minded leaders of Parliament, and the Whigs were not organized among voters. The Whigs were dominant in British Parliament from 1688 to 1760, and again in the 1830s and 1840s.

In the 19th century the Whigs became the British Liberal Party. They were a liberal party who felt that Parliament should have more power then the monarchy. The Whigs were a party in English politics from the late 1600s to the early 1800s.

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