Final answer:
The Puritan leaders of the Massachusetts Bay Colony responded to Roger Williams' actions by banishing him from the colony.
Step-by-step explanation:
The Puritan leaders of the Massachusetts Bay Colony responded to Roger Williams' actions by banishing him from the colony. Williams had questioned the Puritans' taking of Native land and argued for a complete separation from the Church of England. The Puritan authorities found him guilty of spreading dangerous ideas and he went on to found Rhode Island as a colony that sheltered dissenting Puritans from Massachusetts.