Question

how was the law system in colonial period
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Answer 1

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Many of the early colonial laws were aimed at keeping the servants, slaves, and youth in line. ... Other laws punished colonists for not properly observing the Sabbath (Sunday, observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians) and skipping religious services. Some colonial laws even banned traveling on Sundays.

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Answer 2

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As the first settlements became established, one major difference from the English criminal justice system occurred with the colonial courts. Over several centuries England had developed many kinds of special courts to hear various types of cases. Given the small populations of the North American settlements, the colonial court systems and their proceedings were much simpler and more informal. At first some colonies had too few people to even hold grand juries (groups of citizens gathered to determine if enough evidence exists to have a trial). It would be years before the colonial criminal system became more formal and complicated like those of later year