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Puritans believed in a pure church and wanted that for everyone. They also thought that the devil was alive and was recruiting people, which is why the witch trials began in the first place. When a Puritan is born the are born as sinners, predestined, and only some are selected through finding grace.

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The Puritans in 1692 believed in Calvinism. It is a very strict religion and very much by the bible. Some things they believed in were total depravity, predestination, and limited atonement.

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Arther Miller is the author of the Crucible in the 1950’s. He even won the Pulitzer Prize for this play. During the time this play came out, Miller refused to give evidence before the House of Un-American Activities Committee, after he was accused of being a communist.

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Puritans were a movement of religious reform. They came to America, the new world, in order to spread their beliefs. Their mission was to purify the church.

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The Salem witch trials of 1692 was a crazy time in America. Men and women, mostly women, were accused of being witches and were put on trial. The only evidence needed for someone to go to jail was for one person to say someone is a witch. It started with the lower class citizens being accused and towards the end of the trials even the higher class people were being accused. Over 200 people were put in jail and 19 men and women were hung.