1. Leisler's Rebellion
... included Gilbert Burnet, Charles Talbot, earl of Shrewsbury, and Charles Mordaunt, earl of Monmouth, as well as with the New England Divines Cotton and Increase Mather. In the New World, Leisler catapulted to fame in 1689 when, in the wake of England's Glorious Revolution, he assumed the role of King William III's governor of New York. He thereupon implemented a program based on direct ... , the legacy of which, according to some historians, is America's unique two-party system. Other historians see in Leisler's assumption of the New York government a forerunner of the American Revolutio...
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