Show I When Americans Were Either Whigs or Tories I In colonial and revolutionary days Americans were either Whigs Liberals Lib Lib- orals or Tories Conservatives John Adams called it a division be between between be- be tween the tho court party and the country country coun coun- try party There was however no party organizations and the tho colonists colon colon- were mostly Whigs The rulers II sent from England were th the Tories In the revolution the people were divided Patriots Whigs I and Loyalists Tories Immediate t ly after r the revolution the people e became c either Nationalists hlee or Federalists according as they favored states' states rights or a strongly centralized government The Federalists were stronger In Inthe Inthe inthe the big states such as Virginia Pennsylvania and Massachusetts I The Republicans also were called Democrats or Democratic 1 i The Tha Whip Whig l party at first included j I National Republicans n J An An- j I ti Masons and Federalists It finally final final- final I I I ly Iy went to pieces as a party on the j slavery 1 issues and Its last presidential j candidate was General I Scott in 1852 who carried but hut four states Massachusetts Vermont Kentucky Kentucky Kentucky Ken Ken- I tucky and Tennessee The Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic Cratie party gradually absorbed the tho various slavery pro and states' states rights elements Making Malting light of troubles will help heIr you see the way celar Cleveland Press |