Question 1
What best describes the European legal system by the end of the eighteenth century?
a. There was a movement away from imprisonment and toward capital punishment.
b. Corporal and capital punishment were on the decline.
c. Criminal punishments became crueler as violent crimes increased.
d. The death penalty was abolished in western Europe.
e. Virtually all crimes were punished with a fine.
Question 2
In Pennsylvania, William Penn
a. encouraged the use of African slaves to make the colony profitable.
b. wanted to provide an environment in which criminals from England could be rehabilitated.
c. extended the right to vote to both adult men and women.
d. offered religious toleration to all settlers.