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In the second paragraph, the authors discuss the 1639 legal proceedings against "one of the richest merchants in the colony," in order to show thatA. impoverished New Englanders used the legal system to vent class frustrations against the wealthy.B. political corruption was common in Puritan New England.C. Puritan magistrates were evenhanded in that they prosecuted anyone—rich or poor—who expressed heretical religious views.D. the Puritans attempted to enforce economic values that emphasized communal notions of fairness over free-market individualism.
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