American History A – Unit 4: Thirteen Colonies, Part 2

Lesson 2: Breaks with Tradition: Anne Hutchinson and Mary Dyer

Name Date

Rebels with a Cause

Three Rebels Roger Williams, Anne Hutchinson, and Mary Dyer all disagreed with certain
Puritan beliefs. But what beliefs did each one hold? What did each one oppose? How did each
one stand up for his or her own beliefs? Write the correct name after each of the following
descriptions:

1. Believed in freedom of conscience: _________________________

2. Believed that ordinary people could interpret the Bible: _________________________

3. Believed in the separation of church and state: _________________________

4. Refused to swear allegiance to the king: _________________________

5. Believed that the king had no right to take Indian land: _________________________

6. Founded the colony that became Rhode Island: _________________________

7. Traveled to England and learned about the society of friends: _______________________

8. Was kicked out of Massachusetts: _________________________

9. Wrote a book to teach others the language of the Narraganset Indians: ________________

10. Became a Quaker: _________________________

Thinking Cap Question! Anne Hutchinson and Mary
Dyer were friends. On the back of this sheet, write a
conversation that they might have had with one another.
Make sure that their conversation reflects how they felt
about the Puritans.

Adapted from A History of US Page 1 of 1