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2 days ago · In 1685, King James II of England closed the legislatures and consolidated the New England colonies into the Dominion of New England, putting the region under the control of Governor Edmund Andros. In 1688, the colonies of New York, West Jersey, and East Jersey were added to the dominion.
4 days ago · The king made Sir Edmund Andros the new royal governor of the Dominion. Andros angered the colonists by outlaw- ing local government and by forcing new taxes on the colonists. At about this time, England was experiencing great turmoil. The country's Parliament, which often fought with James, wanted to get rid of him.
3 days ago · We enclose you the petition of Robert Wright and Francis Pew, together with Sir Edmund Andros's answer (see Nos. 681, 847) for your report. Meanwhile all proceedings touching the lands concerned must be stopped.
14 hours ago · Edmund Andros was appointed royal governor, and tasked with governing the new Dominion under his direct rule. Colonial assemblies and town meetings were restricted, new taxes were levied, and rights were abridged.
4 days ago · Sir Edmund Andros to William Blathwayt. Arrived on the 7th after nine weeks passage, found things quiet though much alarmed with rumours of war, which occasioned extraordinary public charges.
3 days ago · It aimed to strengthen royal control over the colonies by centralizing governance under a single authority. Sir Edmund Andros was appointed as governor-general to oversee the Dominion. The Dominion included colonies such as Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and later New York and New Jersey.
2 days ago · From the 1670s, several royal governors attempted to find means of coordinating defensive and offensive military matters, notably Sir Edmund Andros (who governed New York, New England, and Virginia at various times) and Francis Nicholson (governed Maryland, Virginia, Nova Scotia, and Carolina).
