What is a brief summary of the Dominion of New England?
From Wikipedia: The Dominion of New England in America (1686-1689) was a short-lived administrative union of English colonies in the New England region of North America. On June 3, 1686, King James II of England decreed the creation of the Dominion as a measure to enforce the Navigation Acts and to coordinate the mutual defense of colonies against the French and hostile Native Americans. The Dominion initially comprised the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the Plymouth Colony, the Province of New Hampshire, the Province of Maine, and the Narraganset Country or King’s Province. The Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and the Connecticut Colony were added to the Dominion on September 9,1686. On May 7,1688, the Province of New York, the Province of East Jersey, and the Province of West Jersey were added to the Dominion. Although the New England colonists had previously sought a loose voluntary association in the form of the New England Confederation, the imposition of a centralized
