British Whig political thought

Target entity: British Whig political thought
Context triple: [Connecticut Sons of Liberty, influencedBy, British Whig political thought]

• A. Whig interpretation of history
  The Whig interpretation of history is a perspective that portrays the past as a progressive march toward modern liberal democracy, emphasizing inevitable improvement and the triumph of constitutional government and individual liberty.
• B. History of English Thought in the Eighteenth Century
  History of English Thought in the Eighteenth Century is a major 19th-century intellectual history work by Leslie Stephen that surveys and analyzes the development of English philosophical and religious ideas during the 1700s.
• C. British Enlightenment
  The British Enlightenment was an intellectual movement in 17th- and 18th-century Britain characterized by empiricism, political liberalism, and scientific progress, associated with thinkers such as John Locke, David Hume, and Adam Smith.
• D. Enlightenment philosophy
  Enlightenment philosophy was an 18th-century intellectual movement emphasizing reason, individual rights, empirical inquiry, and skepticism of traditional authority in politics, religion, and society.
• E. Scottish Enlightenment
  The Scottish Enlightenment was an 18th-century intellectual and cultural movement in Scotland marked by major advances in philosophy, economics, science, and literature, associated with figures such as David Hume and Adam Smith.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: British Whig political thought
Target entity description: British Whig political thought was an early modern English ideological tradition emphasizing constitutionalism, the rule of law, and resistance to arbitrary power, which deeply shaped colonial American views on liberty and government.

• A. Whig interpretation of history
  The Whig interpretation of history is a perspective that portrays the past as a progressive march toward modern liberal democracy, emphasizing inevitable improvement and the triumph of constitutional government and individual liberty.
• B. History of English Thought in the Eighteenth Century
  History of English Thought in the Eighteenth Century is a major 19th-century intellectual history work by Leslie Stephen that surveys and analyzes the development of English philosophical and religious ideas during the 1700s.
• C. British Enlightenment
  The British Enlightenment was an intellectual movement in 17th- and 18th-century Britain characterized by empiricism, political liberalism, and scientific progress, associated with thinkers such as John Locke, David Hume, and Adam Smith.
• D. Enlightenment philosophy
  Enlightenment philosophy was an 18th-century intellectual movement emphasizing reason, individual rights, empirical inquiry, and skepticism of traditional authority in politics, religion, and society.
• E. Scottish Enlightenment
  The Scottish Enlightenment was an 18th-century intellectual and cultural movement in Scotland marked by major advances in philosophy, economics, science, and literature, associated with figures such as David Hume and Adam Smith.
• F. None of above. chosen