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Why was Rogers Williams banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1635?

Why was Rogers Williams banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1635?
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Why was Rogers Williams banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1635?

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Because he was guilty of spreading "new & dangerous opinions." But he didn't make it out alive, he was then whipped, imprisoned, and burned alive.
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On this day in 1635, Puritan minister Roger Williams was found guilty of spreading "newe & dangerous opinions" and banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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