 In 1667, King James II sent Sir Edmund Andros to take control as governor of the Dominion of New England, provoking the famous Charter Oak incident, and the office of governor was made stronger as a result.There were only nine Connecticut governors with an average of 10 years in office from the time of Robert Treat in 1689 to Jonathan Trumbull in 1776.Connecticut became known as "the land of steady habits" for re-electing the same men over and over.