Tories

(noun)

Members and supporters of the British Conservative Party. Individuals who hold a conservative ideological perspective.

Related Terms

  • Royalists
  • Loyalists
  • royalist
  • loyalist

Examples of Tories in the following topics:

  • The Glorious Revolution

    • James's attempt to relax the Penal Laws alienated Tories, his natural supporters, because they viewed this as tantamount to disestablishment of the Church of England.
    • Abandoning the Tories, James looked to form a 'King's party' as a counterweight to the Anglican Tories, so in 1687 he supported the policy of religious toleration and issued the Declaration of Indulgence.
    • He tried to bring the Tories to his side by making concessions but failed because he still refused to endorse the Test Act.
  • The Glorious Revolution in America

    • He alienated otherwise supportive Tories with his attempts to relax penal laws and faced opposition from the Anglican church hierarchy when he issued the Declaration of Indulgence.
    • With the birth of his son and potential successor James III in June 1688, some Whigs and Tories set aside their political differences and conspired to replace James with his Protestant son-in-law, William of Orange.
  • The Loyalists

    • Loyalists, also known as Tories or Royalists, were American colonists who supported the British monarchy during the American Revolutionary War.
    • "Tory Refugees on the Way to Canada" by Howard Pyle, 1901
  • Political Parties from 1800–1824

    • In an analysis of the contemporary party system, Jefferson wrote on Feb. 12, 1798: "Two political Sects have arisen within the US, the one believing that the executive is the branch of our government which the most needs support; the other, that like the analogous branch in the English Government, it is already too strong for the republican parts of the Constitution; and therefore in equivocal cases they incline to the legislative powers: the former of these are called federalists, sometimes aristocrats or monocrats, and sometimes tories, after the corresponding sect in the English Government of exactly the same definition: the latter are stiled republicans, whigs, jacobins, anarchists, disorganizers, etc. these terms are in familiar use with most persons. "
  • The Glorious Revolution

    • Some of the most influential leaders of the Tories united with members of the opposition Whigs and set out to resolve the crisis by inviting William of Orange to England, which the stadtholder, who feared an Anglo-French alliance, had indicated as a condition for a military intervention.
  • William of Orange and the Grand Alliance

    • However, after the exertions of the Nine Years' War, the Tory-dominated House of Commons was keen to prevent further conflict and restore normal commercial activity.
    • With the Grand Alliance defeated in Spain, its casualties and costs mounting and aims diverging, the Tories came to power in Great Britain in 1710 and resolved to end the war.
  • Britain's War

    • In general, Whig politicians were vehemently opposed to the Tory plan for militarily suppressing the colonial rebellion, causing great divisions within Parliament.
  • The Problems with Polls

    • Others blame the respondents for not giving candid answers (the controversial Bradley effect & Shy Tory Factor).
  • The New Right

    • I think conservatism is really a misnomer just as liberalism is a misnomer for the liberals—if we were back in the days of the Revolution, so-called conservatives today would be the Liberals and the liberals would be the Tories.
  • The Transfer of Power between the Federalists and the Republicans

    • "Two political Sects have arisen within the U.S. the one believing that the executive is the branch of our government which the most needs support; the other that like the analogous branch in the English Government, it is already too strong for the republican parts of the Constitution; and therefore in equivocal cases they incline to the legislative powers: the former of these are called federalists, sometimes aristocrats or monocrats, and sometimes Tories, after the corresponding sect in the English Government of exactly the same definition: the latter are still republicans, Whigs, Jacobins, anarchists, disorganizers, etc. these terms are in familiar use with most persons. "
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