The National Museum of American History has approximately 3 million objects in its collections, and about 5â8% of the collection is on view at any one time.
A: In the Revolutionary War, the two opposing parties were the Whigs, who believed in separating from England, and the Tories, who believed that Americans should not break away from England. The Tories were also referred to as the Loyalists and the Whigs were also referred to as the Revolutionaries.
Some political scientists, particularly realignment [End Page 413] theorists, have not found such continuity between the Whigs and the Republicans in the 1850s, and often identify dramatic changes in Democratic party ideology in the 1930s rather than the 1950s.