King James II creates the Dominion of New England and names Edmund Andros its governor. The Dominion includes all of the colonies north of Pennsylvania and deprives the colonies of their independent status and dissolves their colonial legislatures. 1688 King James II is deposed in what is known as the Glorious Revolution. James II's fervent Catholicism and disregard for traditional civil liberties and absolutist acts alienated many and led to the Revolution. 1689 William and Mary of Orange become King and Queen of England.
Parliament passes a Bill of Rights protecting the liberties of Englishmen.
Edmund Andros is jailed and the Dominion of New England dissolves in the colonial response to the Glorious Revolution. New England colonies, one by one reestablish their representative assemblies. King William s War begins in the colonies. American colonists fight French and Indians. 1692 Hysteria over the presence of alleged witches in Salem, Massachusetts leads to the execution of 20 individuals - 14 of them women.