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Hemisphere and within the next century it was
ripe for the harvesting.

In 1688 New York and New Jersey were united
with the Eastern colonies under title of " The Do-
minion of New England," and Sir Edmund Andros
was appointed Governor-General of a territory of
imperial dimensions. But the year of his arrival
in New York marked the departure of his royal
master from England. Bigotry and tyranny had
overshot the mark and the English people had
determined to dethrone James.

On the invitation of the Protestant nobility >
James's son-in-law, William of Orange, landed at
Torbay in November, 1688, and rapidly won popu-
lar support. After beginning negotiations with
him, James became alarmed and took flight to
France at the close of the year. William of Orange
and his wife, James's daughter Mary, then became
King and Queen of England (February 13, 1689)
and New York once more passed under the con-
trol of a Dutch sovereign.