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The Puritans were members of English Protestants that acquired Reformation and simplified ways of worship. The Salem Witch Trials of the 1690s occurred during the of Calvinism, where Puritans believed that people were born either “elect” or “unregenerate”. After their convicted trials, people who agreed to bring witches went to jail and if you denied being a witch, they were sentenced to death. Arthur Miller was an American playwright and received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Miller was best know. for his play, “The Crucible”, which means that when you turn up the heat of a situation, bad things (the truth) boils up to the surface and comes out.