Search results
Sir Edmund Andros (6 December 1637 – 24 February 1714; also spelled Edmond) was an English colonial administrator in British America. He was the governor of the Dominion of New England during most of its three-year existence.
Sir Edmund Andros (born Dec. 6, 1637, London, Eng.—died Feb. 24, 1714, London) was an English administrator in North America who made an abortive attempt to stem growing colonial independence by imposing a kind of supercolony, the Dominion of New England.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Dec 27, 2015 · Learn about the life and career of Sir Edmund Andros, who served as governor of Virginia from 1692 to 1698 and of New England from 1686 to 1689. Find out how he faced challenges from colonial enemies, merchants, clergymen, and the Glorious Revolution.
Sir Edmund Andros (1637-1714), an English colonial governor in America, was an able though arbitrary administrator. Because his regime conflicted with the interests of colonial Puritan leaders, he became a symbol of oppression.
Edmund Andros, a soldier, administrator, courtier, and diplomat, served a succession of Stuart monarchs in the Old and New Worlds. This study differs from most past assessments of...
- Mary Lou Lustig
- 157
- 115
Sir Edmund Andros (6 December 1637 – 24 February 1714; also spelled Edmond) was an English colonial administrator in British America. He was the governor of the Dominion of New England during most of its three-year existence.
People also ask
What did Sir Edmund Andros do?
Why was Sir Edmund Andros a symbol of oppression?
When did Sir Edmund Andros die?
Why did Nicholson resent Sir Edmund Andros?
Sir Edmund Andros (ăn´drŏs), 1637–1714, British colonial governor in America, b. Guernsey. Source for information on Andros, Sir Edmund: The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. dictionary.
