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.
Definition of Whig 1: a member or supporter of a major British political group of the late 17th through early 19th centuries seeking to limit the royal authority and increase parliamentary power â compare tory 2: an American favoring independence from Great Britain during the American Revolution