Whig Party

Japanese: ホイッグ党 - ホイッグとう

(1) A modern British political party, the Whig. Organized around 1679 by anti-royalists who opposed the succession of the Catholic James (later King II) to the throne. Supported mainly by urban merchants and industrialists and nonconformists, it came into conflict with the Tories. It developed after the Glorious Revolution and reached its zenith under the leadership of Walpole during the Hanoverian period. It split and declined in the second half of the 18th century, but after the Industrial Revolution it advocated liberal reforms and developed into the Liberal Party. (2) A political party during the early years of the founding of the United States. A force formed in opposition to Jackson and the Democratic Party in the early 1830s. The National Republican Party was at the center of the Whig, and it was led by H. Clay and D. Webster. It won the presidential elections of 1840 and 1848, but disappeared during the party reorganization in the mid-1850s.
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（１）近代英国の政党Whig。1679年ころ旧教徒のジェームズ（のちの２世）の王位継承に反対する反王権派が組織。主として都市の商工業者，非国教徒の支持を得てトーリー党と対立。名誉革命後に発展し，ハノーバー朝時代にウォルポールの指導で全盛期を迎えた。18世紀後半分裂して衰退したが，産業革命後は自由主義的改革を唱え，自由党に発展した。（２）米国建国初期の政党。1830年代初め，ジャクソンと民主党に反対する勢力が形成。国民共和党が中心となり，H.クレーとD.ウェブスターが指導。1840年，1848年の大統領選挙に勝ったが，1850年代半ばの政党再編成期に消滅した。
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