Why did puritans use stocks as a form of punishment? a)puritans did not want to punish people using violence. b)stocks were meant to embarrass people in front of their neighbors. c)the puritans could not afford to build jails to house criminals. d)the stocks kept people still while ministers preached to them.

What were copernicus’s ideas about the order of the universe deemed to be dangerous to church thinking? (5 points) a.the church was invested in the idea that the earth was at the center of the universe b.copernicus was developing a new religion that would challenge the church c.the church feared his ideas threatened their control of european universities d.copernicus was a follower of luther and therefore could not be trusted