History A-Level
Whigs
What Whigs means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Whigs
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A faction that championed parliamentary sovereignty, Protestant dissenters, and the exclusion of the Catholic James, Duke of York, from the succession.
Topics that use Whigs
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