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The Dominion of New England in America (1686–89) was a short-lived administrative union of English
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 colonies in the New England
New England

New England is a region of the United States located in the northeastern corner of the country, bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, Canada and New York State, and consisting of the modern U.S....
 region of North America
North America

North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
.

King James II of England
James II of England

James II and VII was List of English monarchs, List of Scottish monarchs, and King of Ireland from 6 February 1685. He was the last Roman Catholic Church monarch to reign over the Kingdoms of Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Scotland, and Kingdom of Ireland....
 decreed the creation of the Dominion as a measure to enforce the Navigation Acts
Navigation Acts

The England Navigation Acts were a series of laws which restricted the use of foreign shipping for trade between England and its colonies. At their outset, they were a factor in the Anglo-Dutch Wars....
 and to coordinate the mutual defense of colonies against the French
New France

The Viceroyalty of New France was the area French colonization of the Americas by France in North America during a period extending from the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River, by Jacques Cartier in 1534, to the cession of New France to Spain and Kingdom of Great Britain in 1763....
 and hostile Native Americans
Indigenous peoples of the Americas

The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of the Americas, their descendants, and many ethnic groups who identify with those peoples....
. The Dominion initially comprised the Massachusetts Bay Colony
Massachusetts Bay Colony

The Massachusetts Bay Colony was an English settlement on the east coast of North America in the 17th century, in New England, centered around the present-day cities of Salem, Massachusetts and Boston, Massachusetts....
, the Plymouth Colony
Plymouth Colony

Plymouth Colony was an English colonial venture in North America from 1620 until 1691. The first settlement was at New Plymouth, a location previously surveyed and named by John Smith of Jamestown....
, the Province of New Hampshire
Province of New Hampshire

The Province of New Hampshire was a British overseas territories organized on October 7, 1691, during the period of British colonization of the Americas....
, the Province of Maine
Province of Maine

The Province of Maine refers to several England colonies of that name that existed in the 17th century along the northeast coast of North America, at times roughly encompassing portions of the present-day U.S....
, and the Narraganset Country or King's Province
Washington County, Rhode Island

Washington County is a county located in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Rhode Island. Washington County borders Kent County, Rhode Island to the north, New London County, Connecticut in Connecticut to the west, Suffolk County, New York in New York to the southwest, and Newport County, Rhode Island to the east....
. The Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

Providence Plantation was founded in 1636 by Roger Williams , a theologian, nonconformist, and linguist on land gifted by the Narragansett sachem Canonicus....
 and the Connecticut Colony
Connecticut Colony

The Colony of Connecticut was an English colony that became the U.S. state of Connecticut. Originally known as the River Colony, it was organized on March 3, 1636 as a haven for Puritan noblemen....
 were added to the Dominion on September 9, 1686.






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The Dominion of New England in America (1686–89) was a short-lived administrative union of English
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 colonies in the New England
New England

New England is a region of the United States located in the northeastern corner of the country, bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, Canada and New York State, and consisting of the modern U.S....
 region of North America
North America

North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
.

King James II of England
James II of England

James II and VII was List of English monarchs, List of Scottish monarchs, and King of Ireland from 6 February 1685. He was the last Roman Catholic Church monarch to reign over the Kingdoms of Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Scotland, and Kingdom of Ireland....
 decreed the creation of the Dominion as a measure to enforce the Navigation Acts
Navigation Acts

The England Navigation Acts were a series of laws which restricted the use of foreign shipping for trade between England and its colonies. At their outset, they were a factor in the Anglo-Dutch Wars....
 and to coordinate the mutual defense of colonies against the French
New France

The Viceroyalty of New France was the area French colonization of the Americas by France in North America during a period extending from the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River, by Jacques Cartier in 1534, to the cession of New France to Spain and Kingdom of Great Britain in 1763....
 and hostile Native Americans
Indigenous peoples of the Americas

The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of the Americas, their descendants, and many ethnic groups who identify with those peoples....
. The Dominion initially comprised the Massachusetts Bay Colony
Massachusetts Bay Colony

The Massachusetts Bay Colony was an English settlement on the east coast of North America in the 17th century, in New England, centered around the present-day cities of Salem, Massachusetts and Boston, Massachusetts....
, the Plymouth Colony
Plymouth Colony

Plymouth Colony was an English colonial venture in North America from 1620 until 1691. The first settlement was at New Plymouth, a location previously surveyed and named by John Smith of Jamestown....
, the Province of New Hampshire
Province of New Hampshire

The Province of New Hampshire was a British overseas territories organized on October 7, 1691, during the period of British colonization of the Americas....
, the Province of Maine
Province of Maine

The Province of Maine refers to several England colonies of that name that existed in the 17th century along the northeast coast of North America, at times roughly encompassing portions of the present-day U.S....
, and the Narraganset Country or King's Province
Washington County, Rhode Island

Washington County is a county located in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Rhode Island. Washington County borders Kent County, Rhode Island to the north, New London County, Connecticut in Connecticut to the west, Suffolk County, New York in New York to the southwest, and Newport County, Rhode Island to the east....
. The Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

Providence Plantation was founded in 1636 by Roger Williams , a theologian, nonconformist, and linguist on land gifted by the Narragansett sachem Canonicus....
 and the Connecticut Colony
Connecticut Colony

The Colony of Connecticut was an English colony that became the U.S. state of Connecticut. Originally known as the River Colony, it was organized on March 3, 1636 as a haven for Puritan noblemen....
 were added to the Dominion on September 9, 1686. On May 7, 1688, the Province of New York
Province of New York

The Province of New York resulted from the capture of the Dutch Republic colony of Provincie New Netherland by the Kingdom of England, and included all of the present U.S....
, the Province of East Jersey, and the Province of West Jersey were added to the Dominion. The capital was located in Boston but, due to its size, New York and the Jerseys were run by the lieutenant governor from New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
.

Although the New England colonists had previously sought a loose voluntary association in the form of the New England Confederation
New England Confederation

The United Colonies of New England, commonly known as the New England Confederation, was a political and military alliance of the United Kingdom colony of Massachusetts Bay Colony, Plymouth Colony, Connecticut Colony, and New Haven Colony....
, the imposition of a centralized authority from England was highly unpopular. The Dominion Governor in Chief Edmund Andros
Edmund Andros

Sir Edmund Andros was an early colonial governor in North America, and head of the short-lived Dominion of New England.Andros was born in London on December 6 1637, son of Amice Andros, an adherent of Charles I of England and Bailiff of Guernsey....
 began promoting the Church of England
Church of England

The Church of England is the State religion Christianity Ecclesia in England, the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the oldest among the communion's thirty-eight independent national and regional churches....
, banning town meetings, and challenging land titles. Andros's actions, along with the behavior of English soldiers garrisoned at Boston, angered many colonists in the Massachusetts Bay Colony
Massachusetts Bay Colony

The Massachusetts Bay Colony was an English settlement on the east coast of North America in the 17th century, in New England, centered around the present-day cities of Salem, Massachusetts and Boston, Massachusetts....
 and elsewhere in British North America.

When word of the overthrow of James II by William of Orange
William III of England

William III was a Prince of Orange by birth. From 1672 onwards, he governed as List_of_stadtholders_for_the_Low_Countries_provinces William III of Orange over Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel of the Dutch Republic....
 in the Glorious Revolution
Glorious Revolution

The Glorious Revolution, also called the Revolution of 1688, was the overthrow of British monarchy James II of England in 1688 by a union of Parliament of England with an invading army led by the Dutch Republic stadtholder William III of England , who as a result ascended the English throne as William III of England....
 of 1688 reached Boston, the colonists rose up in rebellion and arrested Andros on May 18, 1689. The Dominion immediately collapsed. One month later, Lieutenant Governor Francis Nicholson
Francis Nicholson

Francis Nicholson was a British military officer and was colonial governor or acting governor of New York, Virginia, Maryland, Nova Scotia, and South Carolina....
 was deposed in New York City during Leisler's Rebellion
Leisler's Rebellion

Leisler's Rebellion was an uprising in late 17th century Province of New York, in which militia captain Jacob Leisler seized control of lower New York from 1689 to 1691....
.

The word dominion
Dominion

A dominion, often Dominion, refers to one of a group of autonomy polity that were nominally under United Kingdom sovereignty, constituting the British Empire and Commonwealth of Nations, from the late 19th century....
 would later be used to describe the Dominion of Canada, and other self-governing British colonies.

Governors in Chief of the Dominion of New England in America

This is a list of the Governors in Chief of the Dominion of New England in America from 1686 to 1689:
Governor in Chief Date
Joseph Dudley
Joseph Dudley

Joseph Dudley , colonial governor of Massachusetts from 1702 to 1715, was born and died in Roxbury, Massachusetts. He was the son of the second governor of Massachusetts, Thomas Dudley....
 		 1686
Sir Edmund Andros 1686–1689


When the Dominion disintegrated in 1689, Simon Bradstreet
Simon Bradstreet

Simon Bradstreet was a colonial magistrate, businessman and governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.Simon Bradstreet was born in Horbling, Lincolnshire....
 served as Governor of Massachusetts Bay until William Phips
William Phips

Sir William Phips was a colonial governor of Massachusetts....
 arrived as Royal Governor in 1692.