Read the excerpt. then choose the correct words to complete the sentences that follow. prime minister robert walpole 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.