Dominion of New England

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The Dominion of New England was a short-lived late-17th-century administrative union imposed by the English Crown to centralize control over several New England colonies, curtailing their traditional self-governance.

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Generate an image of the Dominion of New England (The Dominion of New England was a short-lived late-17th-century administrative union imposed by the English Crown to centralize control over several New England colonies, curtailing their traditional self-governance.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial administrative union ⓘ
former political entity ⓘ
capital Boston ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
createdBy English Crown ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of England

King James II of England ⓘ
linked to: James II of England
dissolvedFollowing Glorious Revolution ⓘ
overthrow of Sir Edmund Andros ⓘ
endTime 1689 ⓘ
followedBy Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
restored Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations ⓘ
restored Connecticut Colony ⓘ
governmentType royal administration ⓘ
headOfGovernment Sir Edmund Andros ⓘ
historicalRegion Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
includesTerritory Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations ⓘ
Connecticut Colony ⓘ
Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
Plymouth Colony ⓘ
Province of New Hampshire ⓘ
Province of New Jersey ⓘ
Province of New York ⓘ
legalSystem English law ⓘ
locatedIn British America ⓘ
New England ⓘ
notableFor attempt to create a large centralized colony in New England ⓘ
officeHeldBy Sir Edmund Andros ⓘ
opposedBy New England colonists ⓘ
Puritan leaders ⓘ
partOf English colonial empire ⓘ
policy centralization of military defense ⓘ
enforcement of Navigation Acts ⓘ
restriction of colonial assemblies ⓘ
precededBy Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations ⓘ
Connecticut Colony ⓘ
Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
Plymouth Colony ⓘ
Province of New Hampshire ⓘ
purpose centralize royal control over New England colonies ⓘ
curtail colonial self-governance ⓘ
religiousPolicy toleration for Anglicans in Puritan New England ⓘ
replaced separate colonial governments of New England ⓘ
replacedBy restored colonial charters ⓘ
shortDescription short-lived administrative union of English colonies in New England ⓘ
significantEvent arrest of Sir Edmund Andros in Boston in 1689 ⓘ
startTime 1686 ⓘ
timePeriod late 17th century ⓘ
titleOfHeadOfGovernment royal governor ⓘ

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royal charter of Massachusetts Bay → relatedTo → Dominion of New England ⓘ
Nipmuc → treatyPartyWith → colonial governments of New England ⓘ
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New England Confederation → followedBy → Dominion of New England ⓘ
Deputy Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay → appliesDuringPeriod → British colonial rule in New England ⓘ
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Joseph Dudley → servedIn → Dominion of New England administration ⓘ
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Charter Oak Monument → associatedWith → Dominion of New England ⓘ
Charter Oak incident → hasParticipant → Dominion of New England authorities ⓘ
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Charter Oak incident → hasContext → Dominion of New England ⓘ
Leisler's Rebellion → relatedTo → Dominion of New England ⓘ
William Tailer → partOf → British colonial government in New England ⓘ
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Boston revolt of 1689 → location → Dominion of New England ⓘ
Boston revolt of 1689 → opponent → Dominion of New England government ⓘ
linked to: Dominion of New England
English North America → includedColony → Dominion of New England ⓘ