One way in which churches encouraged the growth of representative government in the colonies was
imposing greater uniformity of views upon their members
providing a public setting where people could discuss issues
opposing toleration of those holding other religious beliefs
establishing a system of autority by church leaders

the punishment for breaking the law would depend on the conditions or the seriousness of the law being broken, if he or she breaks the law while doing some great discovery or invention then it would classify as a scientific fraud. there are other words to describe the crime but scientific fraud would be the harshest one.

the structure was most likely used for;

c. playing a ball game with stone hoops