w ere ▁of ▁opinion ▁that ▁God ▁would ▁never ▁suffer ▁me ▁to ▁land ▁again ▁in ▁this ▁country , ▁and ▁there up on ▁began ▁in ▁a ▁most ▁arbitrary ▁manner ▁to ▁assert ▁their ▁power ▁higher ▁than ▁at ▁any ▁time ▁before ." ▁E lections ▁of ▁colonial ▁military ▁officers ▁were ▁also ▁comprom ised ▁when ▁many ▁of ▁them ▁refused ▁to ▁serve . ▁D ud ley ▁made ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁jud icial ▁appoint ments , ▁generally ▁favor ing ▁the ▁political ▁moder ates ▁who ▁had ▁supported ▁accommod ation ▁of ▁the ▁king ' s ▁wishes ▁in ▁the ▁battle ▁over ▁the ▁old ▁char ter . ▁ ▁D ud ley ▁was ▁significantly ▁ham per ed ▁by ▁the ▁in ability ▁to ▁raise ▁reven ues ▁in ▁the ▁domin ion . ▁His ▁commission ▁did ▁not ▁allow ▁the ▁introduction ▁of ▁new ▁re venue ▁laws , ▁and ▁the ▁Massachusetts ▁government ▁had ▁repe aled ▁all ▁such ▁laws ▁in ▁ 1 6 8 3 , ▁anticip ating ▁the ▁loss ▁of ▁the ▁char ter . ▁Furthermore , ▁many ▁refused ▁to ▁pay ▁the ▁few ▁remaining ▁tax es ▁on ▁the ▁grounds ▁that ▁they ▁had ▁been ▁en act ed ▁by ▁the ▁old ▁government ▁and ▁were ▁thus ▁invalid . ▁Att empt s ▁by ▁D ud ley ▁and ▁Rand olph ▁were ▁largely ▁un success ful ▁at ▁introdu cing ▁the ▁Church ▁of ▁England ▁due ▁to ▁a ▁lack ▁of ▁fund ing , ▁but ▁were ▁also ▁ham per ed ▁by ▁the ▁perce ived ▁political ▁danger ▁of ▁impos ing ▁on ▁the ▁existing ▁churches ▁for ▁their ▁use . ▁ ▁D ud ley ▁and ▁Rand olph ▁enfor ced ▁the ▁Navigation ▁Act s ,