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Sir Edmund Andros (6 December 1637 – 24 February 1714; also spelled Edmond) was an English colonial administrator in British America. He was the governor of the Dominion of New England during most of its three-year existence.
Sir Edmund Andros (* 6. Dezember 1637 in London; † 24. Februar 1714 ebenda) war ein englischer Gouverneur verschiedener amerikanischer Kolonien .
Sir Edmund Andros was an English administrator in North America who made an abortive attempt to stem growing colonial independence by imposing a kind of supercolony, the Dominion of New England. Andros grew up as a page in the royal household, and his fidelity to the crown during its exile after.
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27. Dez. 2015 · A biography of Sir Edmund Andros, the governor of Virginia from 1692 to 1698, who served as a royalist during the Glorious Revolution and the American War of Independence. Learn about his military and political career, his unpopular administration of Virginia, and his legacy in the colony.
Sir Edmund Andros (1637-1714), an English colonial governor in America, was an able though arbitrary administrator. Because his regime conflicted with the interests of colonial Puritan leaders, he became a symbol of oppression.
Gouverneur Edmund Andros versuchte, rechtliche und strukturelle Änderungen durchzusetzen, jedoch wurden die meisten Beschlüsse nicht umgesetzt. Das Dominion wurde umgehend gestürzt, als die Nachricht des Thronverzichts von Jakob II. die Kolonien erreichte.
Edmund Andros (* 6. Dezember 1637 in London; † 24. Februar 1714 ebenda) war ein früher britischer Kolonialgouverneur. Sein Vater war Amias Andros (französische Schreibweise: Amice Andros), Seigneur von Saumarez.
