<P> The Dominion of New England in America ( 1686 -- 89 ) was an administrative union of English colonies covering New England and the Mid-Atlantic Colonies ( except for the Colony of Pennsylvania ) . Its political structure represented centralized control similar to the model used by the Spanish monarchy through the Viceroyalty of New Spain . The dominion was unacceptable to most colonists , because they deeply resented being stripped of their rights and having their colonial charter revoked . Governor Sir Edmund Andros tried to make legal and structural changes , but most of these were undone and the Dominion was overthrown as soon as word was received that King James had left the throne in England . One notable change was the introduction of the Church of England into Massachusetts , whose Puritan leaders had previously refused to allow it any sort of foothold . </P>
why was the creation of the dominion of new england unpopular in the english colonies
deeply resented being stripped of their rights and having their colonial charter revoked