USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In other words, the law had authorized putting to death any child older than sixteen years, if any sufficient evidence could be proven that he was “ a stubborn or rebellious son of a sufficient year of understanding, viz. sixteen, which will not obey the voice of his father/mother"( Puritan Family Law 40).

Detailed explanation-2: -Children were taught not to express any extreme emotion, whether anger or joy. Children were strictly disciplined to obey and not exert their own will. Children were prohibited from freely playing and were put to tasks. Games and toys were special privileges, not a daily expectation.

Detailed explanation-3: -Puritan law recognized the principle that no one should be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process. They also explicitly limited government power. Puritan law prohibited unlawful search and seizure, double jeopardy and compulsory self-incrimination.

Detailed explanation-4: -Four Quakers, known as the Boston martyrs, were executed. The first two of the four Boston martyrs were executed by the Puritans on 27 October 1659, and in memory of this, 27 October is now International Religious Freedom Day to recognise the importance of freedom of religion.

Detailed explanation-5: -Colonial teachers favored the birch rod as their most effective and satisfactory instrument of torture. In Massachusetts stern fathers often whipped their children at home if they were whipped at school. The sound of the rod must have resounded throughout the colony by day and by night.