Gove's Rebellion

Gove's Rebellion
Gove's Rebellion
Date	27 January 1683
Location	Province of New Hampshire
Resulted in	Most of the rebels arrested; Leader of the rebellion, Edward Gove, sentenced to drawing and quartering; later pardoned;
Parties
Gove's Rebels	Colonial Government of New Hampshire
Lead figures
	Edward Gove Edward Cranfield

Gove's Rebellion was a short uprising in 1683 in the Province of New Hampshire, in which men of the towns of Exeter and Hampton took up arms against the Royal Governor, Edward Cranfield. The rebels were arrested while attempting to muster more rebels. The leader, Edward Gove, was sentenced to death for high treason, and shipped off to London for sentencing. He was pardoned three years later by James II and returned to New Hampshire. The rebellion took place during a period when many American colonists were rebelling against their respective provincial governments, including Bacon's Rebellion, Coode's Rebellion, Leisler's Rebellion, Culpeper's Rebellion, the Charter Oak Incident, and the Boston Revolt.