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A young African boy is taken into slavery p. 24-26 1. The most disconcerting feature about Smith’s removal from Africa to New England was his watching the death of his father. 2. Factors that helped him adjust to his life in his new world were his tendency to be submissive and his encouraged confidence by his master. The intolerant act of toleration p. 38-39 1. Specific protection for Catholics mentioned was that they should not be, in any ways, troubled, molested, or discountenanced. 2. If the law had been strictly enforced, all Jews and Atheists would have been killed. Framing the Mayflower Compact p. 43 1. The Mayflower Compact was a constitution because it defined how the government of the colonies would be. 2. It foreshadowed the development of democratic institutions by stating the structure of the government to be what the majority demands. Anne Hutchinson is banished p. 47-48 1. The record shows that there was complete injustice in the proceedings. The Blue Laws of Connecticut p. 50-51 1. In the blue laws of Connecticut, the punishment never fit the crime. 2. Today the offences that would still be regarded as criminal were it any person shall commit any willful murder if any person shall slay another, if any man steals a man or mankind.