History of the United States I / Unit 4 USH1 0462 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Dominion of New England
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The idea
In sixteen eighty-six James merged Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Plymouth, Connecticut, New Haven and Rhode Island into one dominion, adding New York and New Jersey two years later.
In practice
Sir Edmund Andros questioning land titles that lacked royal acknowledgment and imposing reconfirmation fees.
Where people slip
He rigorously enforced the Navigation Acts, disrupting an economy that depended significantly on smuggling.
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