Sir Edmund Andros

(noun)

Sir Edmund Andros (6 December 1637 – 24 February 1714) was an English colonial administrator in North America.

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Examples of Sir Edmund Andros in the following topics:

  • Colonies in Crisis

    • They arrested dominion officials as a protest against the rule of Sir Edmund Andros, the governor of the Dominion of New England.
    • Andros, commissioned governor of New England in 1686, had earned the enmity of the local populace by enforcing the restrictive Navigation Acts, denying the validity of existing land titles, restricting town meetings, and appointing unpopular regular officers to lead colonial militia, among other actions that were part of an attempt to bring the colonies under the closer control of the crown.
    • "Andros a Prisoner in Boston" illustrated by F.O.C.
    • British Governor Andros was arrested by rebels in Boston in 1689.

  • The Glorious Revolution in America

    • In 1686, Sir Edmund Andros, the former governor of New York, was appointed as Dominion governor.
    • Andros was extremely unpopular in New England.
    • Furthermore, Mather convinced the Lords of Trade to delay notifying Andros of the revolution.
    • "Andros a Prisoner in Boston" illustrated by F.O.C.
    • In the aftermath of the Glorious Revolution, Massachusetts Puritans arrested Andros.

  • The Dominion of New England

    • Joseph Dudley, a Massachusetts-born colonial, was made provisional president of the Council of New England on October 8, 1685, a move intended to secure the Dominion while political support was raised for Sir Edmund Andros, who was to take permanent command.
    • Edmund Andros, whose commission had been issued in June, was given an annex to his commission to incorporate them into the Dominion.
    • Andros arrived in Boston on December 20, 1686, and immediately assumed power.
    • Andros' commission called for governance by himself, again with a council.
    • Andros was extremely unpopular in New England.

  • The Rise of the Vernacular

    • In northern Europe the scholarly writings of Erasmus, the plays of Shakespeare, the poems of Edmund Spenser and the writings of Sir Philip Sidney may be considered Renaissance in character.

  • MacArthur's Leapfrogging

    • Left to right: Mr Frank Forde (Australian Minister for the Army); General Douglas MacArthur; General Sir Thomas Blamey; Lieutenant General George C.
    • Kenney; Lieutenant General Edmund Herring; Brigadier General Kenneth Walker.