The Capitol Building was important during Colonial times because the courtroom in the Capitol Building held felonies and misdemeanors to debate on if the person who committed the crime would be guilty or not guilty. People in the Capitol Building decide if anyone gets punished or not punished for the crime they have convicted. Citizens were taken to the judge in the courtroom. People had to hire lawyers to speak for them to have a chance, but sometimes people who were poor whites that did not have enough money to afford so they most likely became guilty. Without the Capitol building many people would just keep on causing trouble around the colony that could have led to the patriots to not get their independence, but there was the Capitol building
