may 25, 1686 - Dominion of New England founded
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The giant colony, named the Dominion of England, was composed of several previous colonies in America, namely Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Plymouth, New Hampshire, New York, West Jersey, and East Jersey. Former Governor of New York Sir Edmund Andros was appointed to head the new colony, with no elected assembly. Andros established a tyrannical rule, enforcing taxes the colonists did not consent to, declared that all land grants were null and void unless he said otherwise, and required religious toleration of all Protestants, endangering the strict Puritan social order. The colony would not last long, being dissolved into its previous components during a series of revolts in 1689 spurred by the Glorious Revolution.
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