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Even though Puritan groups had separate governments, their laws and goals were remarkably similar.
Professed to love and liberty, however strict laws were imposed
Life as a Puritan revolved largely around farming
Puritans saw their purpose to be fulfilling Gods plan ad obstacles in life was God's way of testing them
They believed that theirs was the only religion and those, specifically Dissenters, were to be forced into believing the same or be punished

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Protestant Christians who separated from the Church of England in the 16th,17th
Dissenters disagreed with government interference regarding religion
Oliver Cromwell - a political leader who broke England away from the Church of England briefly

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Born in London in 1653
Attended Harvard University
Married Elizabeth Eldridge
In July 1689, he became minister of Salem Village, MA
Parris was in his early 30's when he began accusing those of witchcraft, beginning with his slave, that his daughter and niece believed to be a witch
Died in 1720

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Born in England in 1611
A prosperous land-owning farmer in Salem Village
Married three times
Arrested on April 18th, 1692, at the age of 81 and accused of witchcraft
Corey refused to plea guilty or non guilty
Because he refused to plea he was sentenced to be pressed to death and after three days of abstaining to plea, died, on September 19th 1692, and supposedly cursed the town as his last words

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Born in England in 1632
Moved to Salem in 1666 after two marriages
Leased 700 acre estate, received a license to operate a tavern in 1668, inherited 1/3 of his fathers estate after his death
Married Elizabeth Proctor in 1674 and was accused of witchcraft along side her
Was accused by several girls of witchcraft, including his maid, after he denied claims of witchcraft against his wife
A petition was signed by 32 of Proctor's neighbors fighting in his favor
Tried and hung in August of 1692 at the age of 60

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June 20th, 1675 - April 12th, 1678
Conflict between the colonial settlers of what is today called New England, with their native allies by their side
Against the Wampanoag tribe, lead by Metacomet (King Philip)
Started because Metacomet was forced to sign an agreement with the colonists that made his people relinquish their guns to the English, as well as the colonist hanging of three natives
This lead to an assault on the colonial towns surrounding the area
Natives were successful in the beginning but in the end fled back to their home on Mt. Hope and Metacomet was killed by a British attack
Considered to be the deadliest war in colonial America for the number of people who died

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Born 1652
Married John Proctor in 1674 in Salem
Grandfather had been tried and acquitted of witchcraft 30 years prior to her trial.
In 1692 Proctor's servant, Mary Warren, began showing symptoms of being tormented by a invisible force that other girls in the town had also experienced.
In late March of 1692, when Proctor was 40, two girls claimed that Elizabeth had visited them at night in the form of a spirt to torment them.
Arrested in April and later sent to a Boston jail for overcrowding in Salem.
Mary Warren claimed during trial that both Elizabeth and John Proctor's spirits "beat, pinched and chocked" her at night.
Accused and sentenced to death for witchcraft on August 5th 1692
gave birth to her son John Proctor III in 1693 and was released in May of the same year, left without any rights in the eyes of the law and without any money left to her from her husbands death

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Born in MA, 1636
Puritan pastor of Beverly, MA during the Salem witch trials
Was asked by Parris to observe the girls that were claiming to be tormented by spirts
Known to be one of the most influential ministers around the trials, having been the one to initially engage in the accusations against those assumed to be "witches"
After the trials had ended he wrote a book called, A Modest Inquiry into the Nature of Witchcraft, suggesting in the book, that even though he had originally supported the trial that the accusing parties were clouded by impaired judgment and continued to challenge the legal and religious principals behind the witch hunts