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A Dictionary of American History
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Leisler’s Rebellion
Leisler’s Rebellion After learning of England’s Revolution of 1688 and an insurrection against the Dominion of New England, towns in Westchester, Suffolk, and Queens counties replaced sheriffs and justices holding royal commissions with men of their own choosing in early May 1689. On 31 May 1689, Captain Jacob Leisler’s militia took control of New York’s fortifications to ensure the city’s proper defense against a French attack. After Lieutenant Governor Francis Nicholson left for England on 11 June, administration of the colony fell to Leisler, who proclaimed William III as king and organized defensive measures against the French. Leisler not only made many powerful enemies in N.Y., but also refused to garrison royal troops in the colony’s fortifications, for fear that their commander, Major Robert Ingoldesby, might be loyal to James II. When Governor Henry Sloughter arrived on 29 March 1691, he arrested Leisler because his militia had skirmished with Ingoldesby’s men on 27 March and left 2 killed and 7 wounded. Tried for treason with nine of his supporters in April, Leisler was hanged on 26 May, with his son-in-law Jacob Milborne. Parliament declared their convictions wrongful in 1695.
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Chicago:
Thomas L. Purvis, "Leisler’s Rebellion," A Dictionary of American History in A Dictionary of American History (Cambridge, Mass.: Blackwell Reference, 1995), Original Sources, accessed November 11, 2026, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=WJPALDEIYVZTPMG&H=1.
MLA:
Purvis, Thomas L. "Leisler’s Rebellion." A Dictionary of American History, in A Dictionary of American History, Cambridge, Mass., Blackwell Reference, 1995, Original Sources. 11 Nov. 2026. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=WJPALDEIYVZTPMG&H=1.
Harvard:
Purvis, TL, 'Leisler’s Rebellion' in A Dictionary of American History. cited in 1995, A Dictionary of American History, Blackwell Reference, Cambridge, Mass.. Original Sources, retrieved 11 November 2026, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=WJPALDEIYVZTPMG&H=1.
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