1. History
The great majority were middling people, mildly prosperous because of their industry. ... They were still deeply attached to the puritan attitude, they were also whig, but it was an old-fashioned type of whiggery which did not always see eye to eye with Walpole, for they believed in plain, fair and honest dealing, and the control of government by a parliament -not the reverse which was walpole's way. ... Daniel Defoe wrote in 1728 "trade is the wealth of the world, Trade makes the Difference as to Rich and poor, between one Nation and another, Trade nourishes Industry, industry begets T...
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