1 jan 1685 ano - 1685 James II Becomes King Revokes Bay Colony Charter Collonists Under Direct Royal Control

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1685
Decades of tensions between the Colonists and the Crown erupt when James II becomes king and revokes the Massachusetts Bay Colony’s charter, placing the Colonists under direct Royal control.

Colonists assert that the Native Americans “claimed” the land before the English. In support of this argument, Charles Josias, also known as Wampatuck, gives evidence that as early as 1630, the Massachusetts Bay Colony obtained a grant from the Native Americans for the Shawmut Peninsula occupied by Boston - meaning that both the colonists and the Native Americans recognized the Native American's "ownership" of the land.

As you might imagine, King James disregards this argument.