Prime Minister Robert Walpole helped make the office what it is today. He is also remembered for maintaining Britons' confidence through a series of financial setbacks involving risky overseas investments. Walpole also kept the peace as the day's rival political parties, the Whigs and the Tories, argued over the direction of the country. The ____ were mainly conservative and pro-nobility. The ______ were more liberal and often sided with the rising middle class.

1.whigs

tories

2.whigs

tories