To uphold the legitimist rights of James, Duke of York, the Tory political faction emerged.
=== North America ===In the United States, Tory is often used as a historical term to describe supporters of Great Britain during the American Revolution
 A large but dwindling faction of Tories continued to support James in exile and his Stuart heirs to the throne, especially in 1714 after the accession of George I, the first Hanoverian monarch

