What was a consequence of violating the sherman antitrust act?

The greatest consequence of violating the Sherman Antitrust Act was that the firm or firms in question would face heavy fines from the US government and in some cases workers would be jailed. 

The second , larger puritan colony of massachusetts bay was conceived as a "city upon a hill". but it also struggled with internal turmoil like the salem witch trials and external conflicts like king philip's (metacom's) war.