Captain Jacob Leisler, the Head of the Rebel Militia That

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Multiple Choice

Captain Jacob Leisler, the head of the rebel militia that took control of New York in 1689,

• A) was a close ally of Sir Edmund Andros, who was trying to regain control of the Dominion of New England.
• B) was overthrown and killed in so grisly a manner that the rivalry between his friends and foes polarized New York politics for years.
• C) was knighted for his role in supporting the Glorious Revolution.
• D) sought to impose Catholic rule but was defeated by a Protestant militia in a short but bloody civil war.
• E) slaughtered so many Native Americans that wars between whites and the remaining tribes kept New York in an uproar for the next two decades.

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