What was the main reason for Mary Dyer's execution?
Theft
Witchcraft
Defying anti-Quaker laws
Treason
Answer
Mary Dyer was executed for repeatedly defying a Puritan law that banned Quakers from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. She chose to return to the colony multiple times, knowing the consequences, in order to challenge the anti-Quaker laws.
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