Whiggism

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British political tradition historical ideology political ideology

Whiggism is a historical British political ideology that championed constitutional monarchy, parliamentary supremacy, and civil liberties, forming the foundation of the Whig party and later liberal thought in the United Kingdom.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Whig	5
Whiggism canonical	4
Whig politics	2
British Whig ideology	1
British Whig politics	1
British Whig tradition	1
Whig aristocracy	1
Whig politics (historically)	1
Whig tradition	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British political tradition ⓘ historical ideology ⓘ political ideology ⓘ
associatedWith	British Liberalism NERFINISHED ⓘ Liberal Party (UK) NERFINISHED ⓘ Whig Party NERFINISHED ⓘ
corePrinciple	civil liberties ⓘ constitutional monarchy ⓘ limited government ⓘ opposition to absolute monarchy ⓘ parliamentary supremacy ⓘ protection of property rights ⓘ religious toleration ⓘ rule of law ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of England ⓘ
declinedAsDistinctTraditionBy	late 19th century ⓘ
developedInContextOf	Glorious Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNotableProponent	Charles James Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ Edmund Burke NERFINISHED ⓘ John Locke NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord John Russell NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Babington Macaulay NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	17th century ⓘ 18th century ⓘ 19th century ⓘ
influenced	American Whig Party NERFINISHED ⓘ British liberalism ⓘ United States constitutional thought ⓘ classical liberalism ⓘ liberal constitutionalism ⓘ
intellectualFoundation	natural rights theory ⓘ social contract theory ⓘ
opposedTo	Toryism ⓘ absolutism ⓘ divine right of kings ⓘ
originatedInContextOf	English Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ Exclusion Crisis NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedConcept	Reform Acts in the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ Whig interpretation of history ⓘ parliamentary reform ⓘ
supportsConcept	constitutional checks and balances ⓘ religious dissenters' rights ⓘ representative government ⓘ separation of powers ⓘ
supportsInstitution	House of Commons of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ Parliament of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ
viewOfHistory	progressive view of history ⓘ teleological view of constitutional development ⓘ