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he somehow seemed intent on really proving his authority
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by flaunting it before New Englanders.
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So for example,
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not long after he arrived,
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Andros took over a Puritan meeting house
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and converted it into an Anglican church. Right?
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Nothing like a little 'Ha, you Puritans,
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you think you control the Dominion,
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but I control the Dominion,' dramatic gesture.
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He also put the colonial militia
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under the direct control of the governor himself.
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And there were a number of other