biography
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| lived:
| (1637–1714)
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| biography:
| Colonial governor, born in London, UK. In 1686 he became governor of the newly created Dominion of New England, including Massachusetts, Plymouth, Maine, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire. His aristocratic manner and Anglican sympathies alienated the Bostonians and he was overthrown in a citizens' revolt in 1689. |
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