The "law of effect" is a principle developed by "Edward Thorndike". It is the principle on behavioral conditioning, which means that if a response has a pleasing effect are likely to occur again. And if a reaction doesn’t produce satisfying effect would have less frequency in future. For example, if an employee is praised by the boss for starting his work early, it is likely that the employee’s behavior will repeat in future.
yes they did because it was their life they were putting in danger going against the crown was treason and thats what they did so now thanks to them we exist had they did it out in the open they might have been shot or hanged.