The Mayflower Compact was the first formal government established rule.The Mayflower Compact was created to prevent dissent amongst Puritans and non-separatist Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth
It protects the innocents from harm
This is true.
Galileo's observations strengthened his belief in Copernicus's theory that earth and all other plants revolve around the sun.
Kids probably needed to work the farm and tend to the livestock, etc. War has a nasty way of disrupting normal life.