Puritans Strict Laws

Some towns have very strict laws or rules. Most of the time, the laws restricts everyone from having individual freedom. Most of the time the laws restricts everyone from having individual freedom. The Puritans had a lot of strict rules. Everyone had very little individual freedom. They also had too much social order going on. They should of had some rights and freedoms. Rights such as, owning private property and and equal justice. Also freedoms such as, religion and speech. First, owning private property would be the first right they should of had. Today, of someone goes to jail; that person would still have their property. As for the Puritans, it was very different. If someone goes to jail; that person’s property would be taken away. The government could give the person’s property away to someone else. In the Miller’s essay, there was a lot of land lust going on between everyone. Someone was always accusing a person of something they did not do. That was a way, for someone to acquire another person’s property. In act three, Mr. Putnam had gotten his daughter to lie on George Jacobs. He did that to have possession of Jacob’s land. The Puritans were very land hungry. …show more content…
If someone was to be accused of a crime; they would be arrested. Once they were arrested, they went to court. No one could have proven an accuser innocent. If so, they would most likely be punished. If someone tries to tell the truth, the judge would try to make it seem as if the person is lying. The judge might not believe that person; the judge would believe the accuser than the accused. In Act three, John Proctor tries to get Mary Warren to tell the truth. Once Mary told the truth, judge Danforth made it seem like John was trying to get her to lie. The accused had to either confess of doing something they did not do or get hanged. The government was very