Person
John Wise
John Wise was a Congregational minister of Ipswich, Massachusetts, known as an early advocate of democratic principles in church and state. In 1687 he led his town in refusing to pay a tax imposed by Sir Edmund Andros without an elected assembly, and was fined and imprisoned. His later writings in defence of congregational church government were reprinted on the eve of the American Revolution.
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