PURITAN LAW

Common Good

• Laws were based on common good
• Work was forbidden on Sundays
• Religious instruction was required for all
• *GVRL

Common Punishment

• Hanging
• Whipping
• Public Humiliation
• Excommunication
• *USHistory.org

SUNDAY LAWS

• Forced to read laws every Sunday
• Failure to attend church is punishable
• *History.org

BIBLE

• Bible was sole rule of faith
• Swearing during sermons was punishable
• Gluttony was forbidden
• *Macmillan Encyclopedia
• *GVRL

Marital laws

• Man cannot kiss his wife in public
• A youth cannot court a maid without parental consent
• Adultry was worthy of death
• *WorldHistory.abc.net

divorce

• Granted by Government
• Done to create happier marriages
• Rarely happened; hard to get
• *American Eras

DRINKING LAWS

• Being drunk was illegal
• punished by fee or whipping
• playing cards was disapproved
• *GVRL

Entertainment laws

• Duck hunting was illegal
• Theatre was forbidden
• Gambling was disapproved
• *History.org
• *GVRL

Salem Witch Trials

• Accused for...
• Married but no children
• Associated with another known suspect
• Low social position
• *Huffington Post

voting laws

• Only men could vote
• Had to be a church member
• Voted on rules of the Puritans
• *UXL Encyclopedia
• *American Eras

Taxes

• Everyone paid taxes
• used to support the ministry
• *Puritanism in New England
• *Encyclopedia of Am His