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One cause of the witch craft hysteria was the strong belief that Satan was acting in the world configured as natural catastrophes, disasters, disease, or bad fortune. The Puritans did  not have an understanding of science so when some of the people got sick they blamed the devil. The belief was that people afflicted by witch craft exhibited certain symptoms. It was a time of congregational strife in Salem Village. One notorious case of mass hysteria in Salem was young women who began accusing their neighbors of witchcraft influenced by Reverend Samuel Parris's daughter.

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This picture portrays a young girls who were accused of being a witch and on trial in Salem, Massachusetts. Salem was a small New England town populated mostly by Puritans, or religious individuals with a belief in the devil. These trials were referred to as the Salem Witch Trials and they were hearings for people accused of practicing witchcraft. The accusations of the townspeople were founded on the belief that all humans were in a constant struggle between the powers of good and evil. Salem was a rigid society that underlined the suppression of individual desires.

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The Puritans were in search of religious freedom, leaving England to avoid Charles II to settle in America. They were influenced by John Calvin, who strictly adhered to religious doctrine. They believed in a theocracy, where there was no separation between church and state. They wanted a government where God was the ruler, not the king. It was the Puritans who shaped who we are as Americans and what we believe in yet today. They lived a simple life the way God intended. They wanted to create a place of complete reform (utopia)....which later became known as a city upon a hill.

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Puritan theology was largely based on the teachings of John Calvin. Calvin was one of a group of theologians who protested against the Catholic Church as the ultimate authority. Puritans shared the Calvinist belief of total depravity which meant the only way to get to heaven was to be chosen by God and to have faith that He would save you from eternal punishment. Some people were chosen to be saved, while others were not..it was part of being the "elect" (saved). Under Calvinism, the Puritans contended that The Church of England had become a product of political struggles and man-made doctrines

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A crucible is a pot that you heat up and then put precious metals in to liquify. The crucible represented how the townspeople of Salem were grounded in the Puritan way which was strict. They believed that any differences in people's behavior made other's suspicious. It is likely that the hostilities between the people of Salem led to the witch trials.  The crucible acts a purifying agent in which the heat reveals the substance.