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The Whig Party was a large and nationally based political party. It existed in the South & New England and yes in Illinois where Abraham Lincoln was a member of it. A newspaper in Georgia wanted no war in Mexico that would cost the lives of American soldiers because, as the editor wrote that the USA already had more territory than it would ever need. Evangelical Whig Party members in New England, saw the war as being "not Christian".. it was of course understood that the American Revolution was not anything like a war with Mexico. Authors David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson also declared such a war to be Not in America's interest. Some US Military officers ( of fame such as Ethan Allen Hitchcock ) saw little value to the expedition.
Other Whigs, saw President Polk, a Democrat, as using the gains of the war to further the expansion of slavery.
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Which political party was opposed to war with Mexico?
The Whigs.
Antislavery Whigs who opposed both the Texas annexation and the Mexican War on moral grounds?
"Conscience Whigs".
Who were the antislavery Whigs who opposed both the Texas annexation and the Mexican American War on moral grounds?
They were called "Conscience Whigs".
Why did whigs in Britain hope for an American victory in the war for independence?
The Whigs supported an American victory in the revolutionary war because they feared that if George III triumphed, his rule at home might become tyrannical.
Why did German women oppose World War I?
I'm puzzled by the question. German women did not 'oppose World War 1'.
Why did the north oppose the war with Mexico?
the whigs did not want conquered territory to become slave states
What political party arose to oppose Jackson and his followers?
The Whigs
Which political party was opposed to war with Mexico?
The Whigs.
In the American Revolution did the Tories or the Whigs want the Americans to win the war?
whigs
Why did Whigs opposes a war with Mexico?
the whigs did not want conquered territory to become slave states
Antislavery Whigs who opposed both the Texas annexation and the Mexican War on moral grounds?
"Conscience Whigs".
Who were the antislavery Whigs who opposed both the Texas annexation and the Mexican American War on moral grounds?
They were called "Conscience Whigs".
Did the whigs want independence or the tories?
The Whigs generally supported independence during the American Revolutionary War, while the Tories were more likely to support remaining loyal to the British crown.
Why did whigs in Britain hope for an American victory in the war for independence?
The Whigs supported an American victory in the revolutionary war because they feared that if George III triumphed, his rule at home might become tyrannical.
Why did German women oppose World War I?
I'm puzzled by the question. German women did not 'oppose World War 1'.
Does a communist government oppose war?
No
Why were the whigs called the whigs?
During the American Revolutionary War, The Americans called the colonists on the American side Whigs and those on the British side Tories. The English term used for those on the British side is Loyalists. Many American books are now going over to the terms Patriots and Loyalists. (The terms Whigs and Tories were borrowed from England. The Tories supported the King. The Whigs supported Parliament. Only, in the United States, the Whigs supported the Continental Congress.)
