Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet
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Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet
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Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet was a British colonial administrator who served as governor of the provinces of New Jersey and Massachusetts Bay. His uncompromising policies and harsh tactics in Massachusetts angered the colonists and were instrumental in the building of broad-based opposition within the province to the rule of Parliament in the events leading to the American Revolution. Appointed governor of New Jersey in 1758, he oversaw the province's participation in the later years of the
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British colonial administrator
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2024-01-08T18:00:40Z
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