What group is this article about?
The Whigs
When did they start?
the 1680s
Until when?
the 1850s
Who was their best leader?
Robert Walpole
When was he in power?
from 1721–1742
And who was his student?
Henry Pelham,
And his years in power were?
from 1743 to 1754
They were part of what age?
the "Whig Oligarchy"
Who created that label?
historians
When did it start?
1714
What else happened that year?
the succession of George I
What house was he from?
Hanoverian
What happened the year after?
the failed Jacobite rising
By whom?
Tory rebels
After that did Tories serve in public office?
no
Could they serve in high positions in the military?
no
Where else couldn't they work?
the Church of England
Who were the Whig's enemies?
the Tories