Dominion of New England Forms
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: North American Series
- Categories: Government and Politics
- Subcategories: Colonialism, Colonies, Settlements
- Curriculum: American Colonial History (1607-1775), British History, 17th Century European History
- Geographical Location: Vermont, Massachusetts, New England, Rhode Island, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire
- Date: June, 1686-April, 1689
Article abstract: The British crown’s first major effort to centralize control over the American colonies.
Summary of Event
Only after the restoration of the Stuart monarchy in 1660, when Great Britain recognized the advantages of bringing the American colonies into its expanding commercial system, did the lack of an adequate colonial policy become apparent; but by then, it was too late. Great Britain had permitted its colonies a large measure of local self-government and had demanded little of them. The governments in the American colonies (which had...
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