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Religious Liberty in America

Question 10 • Online World History B

How was Anne Hutchinson punished by the government of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1638?

Answer
A
She was imprisoned.
B
She was banished to Rhode Island.
C
She was forced to join the colony’s church.
D
She was tried and executed.

Explanation

Anne Hutchinson was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1638 after a religious and political trial. She later settled in Rhode Island, where authorities were more tolerant of dissenting religious beliefs. She was not executed or merely forced to join the colony’s church.

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