SOCL 3371 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Puritans, Indictment, Salem Witch Trials
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Governor john winthrop delivered a sermon to fellow passengers on the puritan ship warning them: that a very special vision of what type of community they were. John winthrop is basically ceo which translated into governor basically whole corporation trading company moved to the new world. They were trying to create a holy world and be an example to the rest of the world on how to live. Many of their laws were based on this idea. 1636 they were already putting together a legal code and organizing their legal system. Sexual crimes: adultery, sodomy, pre-marital sex. 1692 first hints of the crime were occurring in the ministers house and other important officials. Crime occurs: trying to figure out if the alleged crime is really witchcraft. Science: (informal investigation physician determines ) Interrogation / preliminary hearing (trying to decide if there was enough evidence)
