As the century wore on, the factions slowly began to adopt more coherent political tendencies as the interests of their power bases began to diverge. The Whig party's initial base of support from the great aristocratic families, widened to include the emerging industrial interests and wealthy merchants. As well as championing constitutional monarchy with strict limits on the monarch's power, the Whigs adamantly opposed a Catholic king as a threat to liberty, and believed in extending toleration to nonconformist Protestants, or dissenters. A major influence on the Whigs were the liberal political ideas of John Locke, and the concepts of universal rights employed by Locke and Algernon Sidney. COUNT 4
QSN1 Who's liberal political ideas influenced the Whigs? ANS1 John Locke QSN2 Name the two people who's concepts of universal rights influenced the Whigs. ANS2 Locke and Algernon Sidney QSN3 Did the Whigs want to limit the monarch's power? ANS3 championing constitutional monarchy with strict limits on the monarch's power QSN4 Did the Whigs support or oppose the Catholic king? ANS4 the Whigs adamantly opposed a Catholic king as a threat to liberty