"That your poor and humble Petitioner having been this four monthes in Salem Prison and condemned to die having had no other evidences against me but the Spectre Evidences and the Confessors w'ch Confessors have lately since I was condemned owned to my selfe and others and doe still own that they wronged me and what they had said against me was false: and that they would not that I should have been put to death for a thousand worldes for they never should have enjoyed themselves againe in this world; w'ch undoubtedly I shouled have been put to death had it not pleased the Lord I had been with child." When Abigail Faulkner was convicted of witchcraft, why wasn't she immediately executed?
What will be an ideal response?
She was pregnant.
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A) Coughlin's attacks on both major political parties B) Coughlin's claim that FDR was not using his presidential powers widely enough C) Coughlin's calls for a nationwide move toward socialism D) Coughlin's combined message of religion with anti-Semitism
Quakerism preached the importance of
A. church hierarchy and tradition. B. paying church taxes to support the government. C. predestination in salvation. D. an "inner light" that came from Jesus.
Discuss the position of women in the Roman Empire as presented in the chapter. How does it compare with that of women in earlier ages?
What will be an ideal response?
A major source of information for the colonists was __________
a. newspapers b. books c. church meetings d. the marketplace e. the town crier