biography
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| lived:
| (1640–91)
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| biography:
| Colonial leader, born in Frankfurt, Germany. He led a rebellion in New York City during the period following the Glorious Revolution in England (1689–91). As the unofficial chief executive of New York, he called the first intercolonial congress (1690) to oppose possible French incursions. Following the arrival of English soldiers (1691), he was tried, convicted of treason, and hanged. |
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