Religion in the colonist's lives was the centerpiece of all activity and caused women to be seen in a negative due to the belief that Eve ate of the forbidden fruit. Anne Hutchinson, who held prayer meetings, soon deviated from the theocracy when she claimed that all people can be saved. Those in powers could have simply exiled her, but instead chose to make the issued involve sexuality and unnecessary edition that showed the discriminatory nature of the time. A dormant notion on women in the minds of the colonists awoke during the catastrophe in Salem upon which there were vast amounts of wild accusations of which lead to many imprisonments and executions. The colonists took an unexpected stance on education that stated that both sexes should
