Question

Give three reasons why Sir Edmund Andros was so unpopular in New England.

Answer 1

Give three reasons why Sir Edmund Andros was so unpopular in New England.

1.He abloished colonial assemblies.

2.He had little sympathy for the Puritan colonists.

3.People resented his harsh rule on the puritan community and with his heavy taxes.

Answer 2

Sir Edmund Andros was an English colonial administrator in North America and was the governor of the Dominion of New England during most of its three-year existence. He was so unpopular in New England because he is remembered for: (1) inhibiting representative government, (2) intruding in colonial customs, and (3) his domineering and officious behavior.