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Vor 4 Tagen · Sir Edmund Andros, was fully occupied in the reduction of the Indians, who had been stirred up to hostility by the French. Though no longer a young man, for he had been page to the Queen of Bohemia. Andros at the head of a handful of men pushed on through forest and swamp and snow upon the Indian fastnesses, and reduced the savages ...
Vor einem Tag · 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.
Vor 2 Tagen · Sir Edmund Andros to Governor Nicholson. Virginia, 15 March, 1698. Captain Bostock acquaints me that H.M.S. Swift (which was drove ashore near Roanoke) is washed up higher than she was, but without any damage. He doubts not to save her. I am hastening a sloop to her.
Vor einem Tag · 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.
Vor 3 Tagen · He had been one of Sir Edmund Andros's tax-gatherers in New England, where he had been made prisoner for his honest (or dishonest) behaviour. He seized a small vessel, which was released on trial owing to a failure in the legal proceedings. It was generally believed that this vessel was of New York and a legal trader, but that the indiscretion of the master (in not filling Broadbent some ...
Vor 3 Tagen · Edmund Andros, the Governor of the Dominion of New England, was arrested and the colonies restored their old charters. Throughout all the turmoil, perhaps the single most important thing that happened was the establishment of the English Bill of Rights .
Vor 3 Tagen · Abstract : Contains a petition from inhabitants of Pamunkey Neck to Governor Edmund Andros against the petition for making Pamunkey Neck a separate county.
