A history of the United States for schools . brother, James II. The new king sent over one of hisfavorite officers, Sir Edmund Andros, to govern ailNew England as a viceroy. As we shall seehereafter, the French in Canada were gettingto be dangerous neighbors, and the Britishgovernment wished to unite all its northerncolonies under a single ruler, so that it mightbe easier to put forth all their military force quickly. So not only all ofNew England, butNew York andNew Jersey, like-wise, were putunder the abso-lute rule of An-dros. He wasdirected to seizethe charters ofConnect
A history of the United States for schools . brother, James II. The new king sent over one of hisfavorite officers, Sir Edmund Andros, to govern ailNew England as a viceroy. As we shall seehereafter, the French in Canada were gettingto be dangerous neighbors, and the Britishgovernment wished to unite all its northerncolonies under a single ruler, so that it mightbe easier to put forth all their military force quickly. So not only all ofNew England, butNew York andNew Jersey, like-wise, were putunder the abso-lute rule of An-dros. He wasdirected to seizethe charters ofConnecticut andRhode Island, butfailed to do he visitedHartford, in 1687,he could not findthe charter; it issaid that CaptainWadsworth hadhidden it in thehollow trunk of a mighty oak-tree, which was alwaysafterward called the Charter Oak. Andros had his headquarters in Boston. He beganbuilding an Episcopal church there, still known as theKings Chapel; and until it was done he had Episco-pal service performed in the Old South Meeting-house,. THE DOMINION OF NEW ENGLAND UNDER SIREDMUND ANDROS, 1688. §§ NEW ENGLAND. II5 The people did not like this, but they had to submit tothings which they liked still less. Their legislature wasabolished, arbitrary taxes were levied, men were Tyranny ofarrested and sent to jail, and estates and goods ^ confiscated without due process of law. Dudleywas appointed censor of the press, and nothing wasallowed to be printed without his permission. Thus,as there was no security for person or property, andno way for people to express their opinions, the gov-ernment of Andros was a despotism. It was like thegovernment which his royal master was trying to setup in England and Scotland. If it had continued, therewould certainly have been a rebellion in New James II. had reigned less than four years whenhe was dethroned, and fled from the kingdom, and hisnephew, William III., Prince of Orange, was made kingof England. No soone
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