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Sir Edmund Andros (Londres, 6 décembre 1637 - idem, 24 février 1714) fut un gouverneur colonial en Amérique du Nord et à la tête de l'éphémère Dominion de Nouvelle-Angleterre. Andros, impopulaire, est à la suite d'une rébellion des colons arrêté et forcé de retourner en Angleterre .
Sir Edmund Andros. Born in Guernsey, England, Sir Edmund Andros enjoyed a long career as a British colonial administrator, but was one of the most unpopular governors in American history. He first served as governor of New York from 1674 to 1681. He was a steadfast supporter of the Duke of York, who, when he became King James II in 1685, made ...
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. Members of the Church of England were also taken ...
Sir Edmund Andros (ăn´drŏs), 1637–1714, British colonial governor in America, b. Guernsey. As governor of New York (1674–81) he was bitterly criticized for his high-handed methods, and he was embroiled in disputes over boundaries and duties (see New Jersey ), going so far as to arrest Philip Carteret. When James II, partly influenced by ...
Edmund Andros was the son of royalists Amias Andros and Elizabeth Stone of London, England. During the English Civil War, the Andros family lived at Guernsey and at the Hague. Andros entered military service under his uncle, Sir Robert Stone, and fought in Denmark from 1655 to 1658. After the Restoration, he was commissioned as ensign in the ...
SIR EDMUND ANDROS’S FIRST COMMISSION as GOVERNOR OF THE TERRITORY AND DOMINION OF NEW ENGLAND 3 June, 1686. James the Second by the Grace of God King of England Scotland France and Ireland Defender of the Faith &c To our Trusty and Welbeloved Sir Edmund Andros Knight Greeting
Boston Revolt of 1689. 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. Citizens of Massachusetts, long upset with the Dominion of New England and the administration of Edmund Andros in particular, took the opportunity to ...
