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England sent troops to subjugate its American colonies
Source: Historical proof of the right of the Catholic King to the territory held to-day by the British King under the name of New Georgia #558
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Its [NC] governor, being faithful to Charles II, the legitimate successor, did not wish to yield obedience to the Republic or to Oliver Cromwell, who, in the character of Protector of the three kingdoms, was ruling it in the interregnum. Therefore, Parliament was obliged to send Hiriviscon with a fleet in the year 1651 to subdue him; and to send George Ascough 35 in the following year with another of fifteen ships and two thousand infantrymen to subjugate Virginia and the rest of terra firma populated by the English;* [Arredondo note * Whitelock the author.] and to remove the governors belonging to the party of the king and appoint others of its own faction. This was easily accomplished, for the prosperity of their commerce had made them careless about fortifying themselves.
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