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Puritan faith started in England during the 1600s. The migration, beginning in 1630, was a result of the Stuart monarchs disapproving any religions that were not Catholic. Puritans were the most rapid migrating group during their time. Puritans believe God expects them to live by the scriptures. To be able to go to heaven, Puritans had to be part of the predestined elect group. In a town, only male church members can vote.

https://study.com/academy/lesson/puritans-in-america-beliefs-religion-history.html

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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/03/opinion/witches-occult-comeback.html
This article talk about why there are witches in today's time. Based on people's religious it shows whether they believe in witchcraft or not. Most people that end up believing in witches or end up being witches are atheist. Atheist are people who do not believe in God. They feel like they have more power then other people and are fearless. You can also take a class that is called "Witchcraft 101: Curses, Hexes and Jinxes," in Brooklyn. In Saudi Arabia, witchcraft can be punished by the death penalty. They can also be hanged in England.

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www.history.com/topics/history-of-witches
This article talks about the different kinds of witches in our history.  From the most common witch that every one knows to the modern witch.  It started off with witches using magic spells to call spirits. In the mid-1400s  in Europe many accused witches confessed to wicked behaviors. This then lead to the publication of Malleus Maleficarum, which lead to the guide on how to identify a witch. A popular book with witches was the Book of Shadows and they practice Wicca which is an official religion in the U..

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https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-brief-history-of-the-salem-witch-trials-175162489/
Several centuries ago, christian´s and other religions believed that the devil could give witches the power to harm others in return for their loyalty. Ten thousand supposed witches were executed, and were mostly women. Many people were afraid of them.

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https://www.britannica.com/topic/witchcraft
This article talks about what witchcraft is and how it only is a made up thing and doesn't exactly exist in reality. It also gives a view of witchcraft in the world like its connotations as well as places where it's practiced. It says that witchcraft is usually only associated with an evil spirit and is feared by many if not hated.

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http://www.witchcraft.com.au/witchcraft-history.html
The article talks about the history of witchcraft and how in 1000 AD it became a problem since it was going against church beliefs. The witches were seen as associating with the devil. Those who did witchcraft were punished and even killed. Some of the  people accused were actually innocent.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/05/opinion/the-persecution-of-witches-21st-century-style.html
In the article it states that most people believed in witches during the year of 1960, in recent years there has been some attacks against people accusing of witchcraft. Although not many people believe in this sort of stuff, there has been proof and according to the article it has become an international problem.

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https://www.thoughtco.com/european-witch-hunts-timeline-3530786
The history of Witch hunts in Europe began due to Religious texts stating the removal of witches, who bargain with the Devil for powers, from society. Tens of thousands of supposed witches have since then been tried and executed for being a witch.  Most of the time these are women because cultural beliefs saw women weaker, and therefore more easily being drawn to the powers of the Devil. Some historians believe that widows were being accused of being a witch because removing the widow was a faster way of allowing a male heir to property the widow had power over sooner.

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https://www.history.com/topics/history-of-witches
This article is about what witches did with magic and what other people thought they were.The witches were seen as " pagans doing the devil's work". This article also talks about the history of the witches and how it was problem because of church beliefs.

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https://www.britannica.com/topic/Puritanism
A religious movement in the 16 - 17th century in England. Puritans wanted  Catholics to leave their religion and join Puritanism. They wanted to expand their religion across the world and have people become Puritans. Many Puritans in England were exiled and many people went back to being Roman Catholics.

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https://www.bartleby.com/essay/The-Witch-Trails-of-Salem-in-The-P3N5FGAVC this article talks about how Rebecca Nurse is a highly respected woman but is accused of witchcraft in Salem and civilization may be destroyed due to the accusations of Rebecca Nurse, wife of Francis Nurse.

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http://articles.latimes.com/2008/feb/15/world/fg-briefs15.S4
The article is about a human rights group stopped the Saudi Arabia's King to execute a woman which accused of witchcraft because the king never gave her the opportunity to prove her innocence.

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https://www.britannica.com/topic/witchcraft
This article explains that witchcraft is an exercise or invocation of supernatural  powers in order to control people or events. Witchcraft typically involves in sorcery or magic, and has been shown in many historical or cultural contexts. Witchcraft has been seen in the West where crones meet up at night to perform cannibalism and satanic rituals and black magic. This led to the belief that witchcraft was the cause for evil in the world and eventually led to the European witch hunts from the  14th to 18th century.

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https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/affair-of-the-poisons-france-witch-hunt-occult
This article talks about the "affair of the poison", which is one of the largest witch trials in modern history. There were  2-3 times as many deaths as the salem witch trials, which both the poor and the rich being implicated.

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https://www.history.com/topics/salem-witch-trials

This article talks about the Salem Witch Trials during the 1692 and gives a brief background about the event. A convicted witch and the first, was hanged in June of 1962 and 150 other people were accused months later. In January 1697, the court later deemed the trials as unlawful as the public opinion turned against the trials.

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https://www.history.com/topics/history-of-witches
This article talks about what witches are, what they do, and how far back we can track witches. Witches use magic spells and called upon spirits for help or to bring about changes. Today’s witchcraft spells are usually used to stop someone from doing evil or harming themselves.

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https://www.britannica.com/topic/witchcraft
witchcraft is the practice of witches performing magic usually black magic , they are said to usually meet at night and can take lives away and usually perform this magic for the devil. For a witch to perform her magic she needs ingriedients that are usually weird like frog legs. Throughout the 14th to 18th century witches were seen as evil and a threat and anyone that had a possibility of being a witch would be killed by an angry mob.

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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-witch-killings-notebook/englands-17th-century-witch-chronicles-put-online-idUSTRE7225RP20110303
This article talks about a notebook written by Nehemiah Wallington that includes women who were put on trial for having relationships with the devil. This all took place when England was in a Civil War.

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https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/articles/teaching-content/what-puritanism/
Puritans were a group of Christians who tried to "purify" the religion and break away from any and all Catholic influence. This group emerged during the 16th century and was a more extreme version of Protestantism. Though the movement originated from the Church of England, many Puritans emigrated to the New World in search for religious freedom and economic opportunity. A famous group of Puritans were the Pilgrims who founded the colony of Plymouth in what is now Massachusetts. They believed in the absolute sovereignty of God and the complete dependence on script (Bible). They also stressed the importance of personal religious experience.

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http://www3.gettysburg.edu/~tshannon/hist106web/site15/kate/Puritan%20Website%20-%20Front%20Page%20-%20Introduction.htm

The Puritans lived a strict Protestant life, which made England an easy target for the "witchcraft hysteria." Protestants believed that witches should be tortured because they made deals with the Devil and acted against the church. There was also an increase of literature about witchcraft, which caused tension and religious war. This increased a fear of witchcraft during the Reformation (which was a 16th century upheaval which split Catholic Europe).

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https://www.history.com/topics/history-of-witches
Early witches used spells and called on spirits. Nobody is sure of the first suspected witch, but the first witch spoken of was in The Bible in the book of 1 Samuel. From 1500- 1660, around 80,000 suspected witches were killed in Europe, and around 80% of the suspected were just women thought to be involved with the Devil. Witch mania became viral thanks to Malleus Maleficarum, which was a guide on how to hunt, identify, and interrogate witches. Modern day witches practice Wicca, which is an official religion of the US. Witchcraft was a big issue in earlier times, but although it is still practiced today, it is not feared as much as it is only used mainly"to stop someone from doing evil or harming themselves."

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https://www.history.com/topics/history-of-witches No one knows how witches came about. Most modern day witches practice Wicca which is an official religion in the U.S. and Canada; witches read from the Book of Shadows. Witches sometimes face persecution and death for practicing witchcraft.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/05/opinion/the-persecution-of-witches-21st-century-style.html
Witchcraft is seen as a thing from the past that was mainly experienced during the Salem Witch Trials, but it is actually still happening today and in growing numbers. Most people who are accused of practicing witch craft are located in Africa, the Pacific and Latin America, and immigrant communities in United States and Western Europe. Victims of these accusations are often burned alive or sometimes beaten to death; in some rare cases they may be stoned or beheaded. It is young men that usually take the role of witch hunters. Most people blame this problem on poverty in the developing world, but much of this violence has worsened against children since 2000.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/05/opinion/the-persecution-of-witches-21st-century-style.html This article talks about witch persecutions. It tells how although most people believe persecutions had reached its peak around the 1690s, recent ones have been around the world. Accusations are still happening, mainly in Africa, The pacific and a few more places. Brutality is the worst part, people who are accused are often burned alive, but there have been cases were they are beaten to death. Victims have also been stoned or beheaded. Most of the victims are women.

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https://www.history.com/topics/salem-witch-trials
During the spring of 1962 in a series of paranoia, several young woman were hunted and convicted of witch craft in Salem Village, Massachusetts. They were hanged and killed.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/05/opinion/the-persecution-of-witches-21st-century-style.html
The persecution of "witches" actually occurred in the 20th century. These persecutions have become a global problem, where their multiple murder occurrences in Africa, Latin America, and immigrant communities in the US and Western Europe. Not only is there brutality towards adults, but to children as well. In addition, men were established to be the witch hunters and the victims consisted of mostly women. Plus, some churches contain rituals that praise against "sorcery". Lastly, legal efforts has been partially at fault with some of the abuse of these persecutions, and has been mentioned that some lack social awareness.

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http://www.witchcraftandwitches.com/
this article gives the meaning of witchcraft and how it can be used and the history.
for example the article states that witchcraft involves various types of magical/mystical powers.

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https://www.history.com/news/before-salem-the-first-american-witch-hunt
The witch trials did not originate in the United States, they started even before the 1300s and the Salem Trials are those that started in 1962; these were mainly made against women. It is said that it started in the United Sates after a little girl died screaming something to her father (during the time of the first colonies). The first to be hanged in Connecticut was Alse Young; after this instance, there were many more trials coming and four executions. To test if someone was a witch, they would be bound by the hands and legs; if they were witches, they would be able to float.

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Throughout many rural places in India, around 2,100 people were killed under suspicion of practicing witchcraft. Small rumours get around quickly throughout India and are highly popular amongst the heavily tribal cultures. Witch hunting is seen as a reminder to women that, “docility and domesticity get rewarded; anything else gets punished”. These women are tortured terribly and are forced to do unspeakable things if even slightly suspected of being a witch.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/07/21/thousands-of-women-accused-of-sorcery-tortured-and-executed-in-indian-witch-hunts/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.d9d899d47f4a

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https://www.storypick.com/witchcraft-facts/ this website gives 10 interesting fact about witchcraft that comes from the bible and historical fact. For example it talk how not all witched do dark magic, It not only talk about Europeans but like part in India that has witches, etc.