The Dominion of New England was an administrative union imposed on England’s North American colonies, by King James II. It lasted from1686-1689. Chief among the reasons for the Dominion’s creation was to enforce the Navigation Acts and to coordinate the common defense of the colonies from attacks by hostile foreign powers and dangerous indigenous peoples. ...
Previously published in ExaminerPart 3 of the Wives of Henry VIII Montrealers as well as other Canadians have a federal basedsystem of prime ministers. We continue now with the Queens of England and go on to Montreal’s only female Prime Minister of Canada, and end with the women Governor Generals of Canada. To learn more ...
Edmund S. Morgan’s book, “The Puritan Dilemma”, is an account of the events encountered by John Winthrop’s mission of creating a city on a hill. In the book John Winthrop leads and commands his followers while trying to find a solution to the puritan dilemma. John Winthrop’s mission of creating a city on a hill ...
In 1620, the Pilgrims landed in America at Plymouth Colony in what is now Massachusetts. They sought their religious freedom when they sailed on the Mayflower to establish Plymouth Colony. Seems hard to believe that their landing connected with the six wives of King Henry VIII, but it did. The English Reformation period started with ...
