The Wikipedia entry for "Whig history" is fairly informative: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whig_history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whig_history. Essentially

The Wikipedia entry for "Whig history" is fairly informative: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whig_history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whig_history. Essentially, a view of history that everything represents a progression towards something better. It's also tied up with the rise of mercantilism (i.e. merchantocracy) of the 17th and 18th centuries. (It's also associated with Liberalism, in the classical sense of the term.)