Assignment task: Which of the following captures best how the Dominion of New England affected colonists?
- Created resentement of authoritarian rule and left Massachusetts Bay colony without oversight during the Salem Witch trials.
- Helped all colonists understand British government better, and showed them that they too should expect "English liberties"
- Fueled rebellion among British colonists in frontier areas, who now had less protection against Native Americans because of new governmental structure
- Allowed Virginians to see problems with British authority and left them without oversight during Bacon's Rebellion.