| 18/28 Apr 1689 |
the government of the Territory and Dominion of New England effectively collapsed following the insurrection in Boston on 18/28 Apr 1689 (Byfield's Account of the Revolution in New England, pp. 5-10) |
| 4/14 Jun 1689 |
the government of the Colony of New Plymouth is resumed on the basis of laws which were in force by June 1686 in accordance with an order passed by the General Court on 4/14 Jun 1686 (New Plymouth Laws, p. 209; New Plymouth Records, 6:208-209) |
| 4/14 Jun 1689 - 16/26 May 1692 |
Colony of New Plymouth :: Government of New Plymouth :: Jurisdiction of New Plymouth |
| 16/26 May 1692 |
the colonies of the Massachusetts Bay and New Plymouth, the Province of Maine, and the territory known as Acadia or Nova Scotia are united and incorporated into a province under the name of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, in accordance with letters patent (charter) issued by command of the King of England on 7/17 Oct 1691, which is read and published at the meeting of the Council in Boston on 16/26 May 1692 (Massachusetts Acts and Resolves, 1:1-20; Notes on the Massachusetts Royal Commissions, p. 45) |
