The Dominion of New England & The Fall of Puritan Independence

This episode of Historical Context examines the brutal 1686 arrival of Sir Edmund Andros and the creation of the Dominion of New England, revealing how King James II installed a tyrannical royal government that systematically destroyed Puritan democracy, extorted colonists for their own land, and silenced local town meetings under the threat of martial law.

Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HistoricalCPFollow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.historical.context/Fife and Drum by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3748-fife-and-drumLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/