. The American encyclopedia of history, biography and travel . 356 AMERICAN ENCYCLOPEDIA. New York. An expedition of six hundred men, under Sir Robert Nicholls,was fitted out to take possession; and so many English were now settledin the Colony, the Dutch also being lukewarm towards their own govern-ment, that no opposition was offered. Liberal terms of capitulation weregranted, and the territory was annexed without a blow to the domain ofEngland. No popular representation in the government was allowed till1684, the Duke of York appointing a governor who reigned arbitrarily;and even after that
. The American encyclopedia of history, biography and travel . 356 AMERICAN ENCYCLOPEDIA. New York. An expedition of six hundred men, under Sir Robert Nicholls,was fitted out to take possession; and so many English were now settledin the Colony, the Dutch also being lukewarm towards their own govern-ment, that no opposition was offered. Liberal terms of capitulation weregranted, and the territory was annexed without a blow to the domain ofEngland. No popular representation in the government was allowed till1684, the Duke of York appointing a governor who reigned arbitrarily;and even after that period, the administration continued to be distastefulto the people. When the news of the revolution in 1688 arrived, the in-habitants of New York rose in arms, like their brethren of Boston, and un-der the guidance of Jacob Leisler, a wealthy German merchant, deposedthe former authorities of the place, and instituted a government of theirown. The colony remained under Leislers rule till March, 1691, whenCol. Slaughter arrived, with a commission as governor
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