Whig (American Revolution)

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The Whigs during the American Revolution were colonists who strongly supported independence from Britain and championed republican principles against perceived monarchical tyranny.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Whig 3
Whig (American Revolution) canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American revolutionary movement ⓘ
patriot group ⓘ
political faction ⓘ
activeInPeriod American Revolutionary War ⓘ
advocated consent of the governed ⓘ
natural rights ⓘ
popular sovereignty ⓘ
representative government ⓘ
republicanism ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Boston Tea Party ⓘ
Declaration of Independence ⓘ
First Continental Congress ⓘ
Second Continental Congress ⓘ
Stamp Act crisis ⓘ
linked to: Stamp Act 1765

state constitution drafting ⓘ
characterizedBy fear of tyranny ⓘ
opposition to hereditary aristocracy ⓘ
opposition to monarchy ⓘ
country Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
hasNotableMember Benjamin Franklin ⓘ
George Washington ⓘ
James Otis Jr. ⓘ
John Adams ⓘ
John Hancock ⓘ
Patrick Henry ⓘ
Samuel Adams ⓘ
Thomas Jefferson ⓘ
hasPoliticalPosition resistance to taxation without representation ⓘ
support for civil liberties ⓘ
support for colonial self-government ⓘ
support for separation of powers ⓘ
support for written constitutions ⓘ
ideologyAlsoKnownAs Patriot ideology ⓘ
influencedBy British Whig ideology ⓘ
Enlightenment political thought ⓘ
John Locke ⓘ
legacy influenced early American party politics ⓘ
shaped United States constitutional principles ⓘ
opposedTo British Crown ⓘ
Loyalists (American Revolution) ⓘ
linked to: American Loyalists
supported American independence ⓘ
supportedBy many colonial artisans ⓘ
many colonial intellectuals ⓘ
many colonial merchants ⓘ
many small farmers ⓘ
terminologyDistinguishedFrom Tory (American Revolution) ⓘ
usedMedium newspapers ⓘ
pamphlets ⓘ
political sermons ⓘ
public meetings ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cornelius Harnett → politicalAlignment → Whig ⓘ
linked to: Whig (American Revolution)
The Independent Reflector → ideologicalOrientation → Whig ⓘ
linked to: Whig (American Revolution)
Noble Wimberly Jones → politicalAlignment → Whig ⓘ
linked to: Whig (American Revolution)