HIST 383 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Exclusion Crisis, Decisive Victory
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Lecture 4 - the aftermath of the glorious revolution. The conquest of ireland created deep and bitter divisions that are still present today. Session of house on commons with william iii on the throne. Whigs and torys emerged through the exclusion crisis. Not parties who have platforms, they are powerful interest groups. Britain brought electoral basis, but small groups of people they are voting for who got money from the lands and their titles. Their fathers usually sat in parliament before them and their sons would follow. The term whig was an insulting scottish term. Revolutionary compromise between two groups invite william. Fictional reality of men who come together and decide what to do. Mythic interpretation/foundation/moment where parliament is imposed on monarchy instead the other way around. Argument: revolution overcomes evils to get back to a good place. Alliance between whigs and torys dissolve under reign of anne. Torys wanted divine right through the monarchy/church (anglican)
