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Prime Minister Robert Walpole helped make the office what it is today. He is also remembered for maintaining Britons' confidence through a series of financial setbacks involving risky overseas investments. Walpole also kept the peace as the day's rival political parties, the Whigs and the Tories, argued over the direction of the country. The ____ were mainly conservative and pro-nobility. The ______ were more liberal and often sided with the rising middle class.

1.whigs

tories

2.whigs

tories

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The correct option is Tories- Whigs.

The Tories was a political party in England that started in the 1680s. They advocated monarchy and state should work together. They were also part of the nobility and supported conservative ideas.

The Whigs on the other hand was the opposing political party of the Tories since they advocated freedom of religion and liberal ideas such as parliament supremacy. The opposed the Catholic Church and defied monarchy. They also supported the emerging middle-class.


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