Laws in the 1600s
Who had the most power to make and enforce laws in many European countries during the 1600s?
king or monarch
What was a common punishment for people who stole small items?
whipping or public punishment
What did people accused of witchcraft supposedly practice?
magic
What European country controlled the English colonies along the Atlantic coast of North America?
England
What was the name of the system where people were punished based on their social class and status?
The social hierarchy
What punishment involved locking criminals in a wooden frame with holes for their head and hands?
the stocks
In what year did the famous Salem Witch Trials begin?
1692
What was the name of the group of laws that governed the Massachusetts Bay Colony and were based on religious beliefs?
Puritan laws
What was one major reason people were executed in the 1600s?
murder or treason
What was the punishment called when someone was forced to leave a town or country?
banishment or exile
What was one punishment people accused of witchcraft faced if they were found guilty?
execution
What could happen to someone who missed church in certain Puritan communities?
receiving a fine or another punishment
What crime involved going against or betraying your king or government?
treason
What painful punishment involved hitting someone with a whip?
flogging
What was the name of the Massachusetts town where the famous witch trials took place?
Salem
What crime could someone be accused of if they spoke against the government or its leaders?
sedition
What English document, passed in 1689, limited the power of the monarchy and strengthened Parliament?
English Bill of Rights
What was the name of the punishment where a person was publicly hanged for a serious crime?
execution by hanging
What was the name of the woman who was pressed to death with heavy stones during the Salem Witch Trials?
Giles Corey
What 1662 Massachusetts law allowed children to become church members based on their parents' membership, even if they had not experienced full conversion?
the Half-Way Covenant