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'A Young African Boy is taken Into Slavery' 1. Watching his father be beaten to death and seeing the people he knew very well be sold off must have been the most disconcerting features of Smith's forced removal from Africa to Rhode Island. 2. The factors that helped Venture to adjust to life in his new world were how he was faithful and honest with his master and how the ride to Rhode Island was comfortable and not horrible. 'The Intolerant Act of Toleration' 1. The specific protection for Catholics that is mentioned is as long as they stay faithful, they will not be troubled, molested, or discountenanced. 2. If the law had been strictly enforced Jews and Atheist peoples would have to offense forfeit, and lose the sum of ten shillings. 'Framing the Mayflower Compact' 1. The Mayflower was not the first American Constitution. Although, the Mayflower Compact did set up an invaluable copy for later constitutions and documents, still it submitted for the majority of the pilgrims that came on the Mayflower and it was to form a crude government. It did not form a lasting government and hsould not be considerded as the first Constitution. 2. The Mayflower Compact foreshadowed the development of democratic institutions by how it created a fair and equal style of government, just as our current Constutution governs us. 'Anne Hutchinson is Banished' 1. This record of the court reveals that the Puritan's way of thinking is very judgmental and picky. They feel they have to have a perfect society with only the purest people to live in the society. These unjustice procedings were very iased and very against a religious and spiritual woman. 'The Blue Laws of Connecticut' 1. In the Blue Laws of Connecticut, the punishment was always death. Whatever the criminal did, if he were to get caught breaking one of these laws, he should have been put to death. 2. Law numbers 3,5,10, and 11 would still be regarded as criminal in today's society.