What law did Mary Dyer repeatedly defy, leading to her execution?
Ban on Quakers
Ban on women preachers
Ban on non-Puritans
Ban on religious dissenters
Answer
Mary Dyer was executed for repeatedly defying a Puritan law that banned Quakers from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. She returned to Boston multiple times despite being banished.
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