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- Sir Edmund Andros 's intensely unpopular rule came to a sudden end in 1689 with an uprising sparked by the Glorious Revolution in England. The new king William III established the Province of Massachusetts Bay in 1691 to govern a territory roughly equivalent to the modern states of Massachusetts and Maine.
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The 1689 Boston revolt was a popular uprising on April 18, 1689, against the rule of Sir Edmund Andros, the governor of the Dominion of New England. A well-organized "mob" of provincial militia and citizens formed in the town of Boston, the capital of the dominion, and arrested dominion officials.
- April 18, 1689( 1689-04-18)
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Apr 18, 2014 · Early on the morning of April 18, 1689, the inhabitants of Boston took up arms. Militias from neighboring towns streamed into the city. They first arrested the captain of the British frigate The Rose, moored in Boston Harbor. Two thousand Massachusetts militia then marched against Andros’ garrison of a dozen or so redcoats.
Feb 15, 2020 · On March 27, 1683, the Northampton county court magistrates examines Mary Webster of Hadley on suspicion of witchcraft. On October 23, 1684, the Massachusetts Bay Colony charter is revoked. On December 20, 1686, Sir Edmund Andros arrives in Boston and takes control of the Dominion of New England.
Background. Reports of William of Orange’s successful invasion and overthrow of James II (December 1688) reached Boston by March 1689. The town responded with an uprising on April 18.
In 1664, a royal commission appointed by King Charles II of England denied the claims of Massachusetts and Plymouth to land west of Narragansett Bay, granting jurisdiction to the newly unified Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (pending resolution of the claims of Connecticut).
Jan 19, 2016 · The Boston Revolt of 1689: Massachusetts Bay colonists were delighted to hear about the revolution in England because it gave them an opportunity to finally rid themselves of the much despised Dominion of New England.
Jun 23, 2019 · On June 27, 1689, Abanaki and Pennacook Indians under the command of Kancamangus and Mesandowit raided Dover, New Hampshire, where they killed more than 20 people and took 29 captives that they later sold into slavery in New France.
