Question

What do some historian believed Leisler's Rebellion was an early sign of?

a. conflict between colonial governors and legislatures
b. conflict between the colonists and the Native Americans
c. discontent between the North American colonists and English rule
d. oppressive economic control of the North American colonies by the English monarch

Answer 1

D. oppressive economic control of the North American colonies by the English monarch. When Sir Edmund Andros became governor, people didn’t like him and saw his policies as oppressive. His lieutenant governor Francis Nicholson was also not liked and did not treat the colonists well and this led to the rebellion that affect Massachusetts and New York.