Mary Dyer and religious freedom
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- belief
- an idea someone accepts as true
- respect
- treat someone or something with care and regard
- protect
- keep someone or something from harm
Mary Dyer was a Quaker. Colony leaders banned Quakers. She returned to Boston to stand by her beliefs. The government put her to death in 1660. Her story shows the harm of religious intolerance.
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War spread through New England. Metacom, a Wampanoag leader whom English people called King Philip, was part of the conflict. Native and English communities suffered great losses. Native nations survived.
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