. The Puritans established a wide variety of punishments to enforce their strict laws.
A.
. The Puritans believed that some lawbreak?ers should be shamed in public by the use of stocks and the pillory
B.
. Disobedient children would feel the sting of the whip
C.
The Eighth Amendment of the Bill of Rights prohibits cruel and unusual punishment.
D.
Today, many of the punishments used by the Puritans seem cruel and excessive