For what crime was Thomas More executed?
Treason
Murder
Heresy
Theft
Answer
Thomas More was convicted of treason after refusing to take the Oath of Supremacy, which would have acknowledged King Henry VIII as the supreme head of the Church of England. He was executed on July 6, 1535.
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