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__Page 24-26: A Young Boy Is Taken into Slavery (c. 1735) __ 1. The most disconcerting features of Smith’s removal from Africa to New England was leaving his life behind and probably not seeing anyone that he knew again. He watched his father get brutally murdered and it scarred him for the rest of his life. 2. What helped him to adjust to new life in America was that at first, he was treated better than the other slaves. He lived with his master’s sister for a while, and then he lived with his master where he mainly did indoor-household chores. It was this easy labor that helped Smith adjust because he didn’t go straight to being an outdoor-working laborer. __Page 38-39: The Intolerant Act of Toleration (1649) __ 1. The protection for the Catholics was that if they believed in Jesus Christ, then they would not be punished in any way. 2. If the rules were strictly enforced, the Jews and Atheists might have been killed or severely whipped. __Page 43: Framing the Mayflower Compact (1620) __ 1. Yes, the Compact is the first American Constitution because it defines the functions of governments by saying what they were going to do and it is limited because they promise to be obedient and submissive. <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msolist: Ignore;">2. <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">This Compact foreshadowed the development of democratic institutions by combining themselves into a civil body politic and by saying and doing what they were going to do to try and make the country a better country. __<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Page 47-48: Anne Hutchinson is Banished (1637) __<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msolist: Ignore;">1. <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">This record of the court reveals that the Puritans thought that any religion other than their own was wrong and someone who tried to change it was helping Satan. This record of the court also reveals that the Puritans thought that anyone with a different religion should not speak about it or else they should not belong to their society.