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.
âThe Whigs owed their name, like the Tories, to the exclusion crisis of Charles II's reign.â âIt was much broader than Tory or church party and avoided the divisive names of Whig and Tory at a time when many were combining to overthrow Walpole.â