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The Puritans were people who didn't like the Catholic church and tried to get rid of it, then were eventually thrown out of the country by the King of England. They then settled in Massachusetts in North America, where they wanted to spread their own beliefs and wanted religious freedom. They lived very simple lives where they would only where black and white clothing, and lived in small simple houses. They all believed in total depravity, predestination, grace, and limited atonement. They also believed in the idea of living under a theocracy, where the government and church were run by the same people.

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The Puritans wanted to bring over their various core beliefs when they moved over to America, these beliefs included total depravity, grace, predestination, and limited atonement. Total depravity meant that everyone is a sinner, from the second that they leave their mothers' wombs. They also believed in limited atonement, which was the belief that Jesus chose specific people to go to heaven, and if you weren't chosen then you would go straight to hell. Thirdly they believed in predestination, where God has already chosen your fate if you would go to heaven or hell, and there was nothing you can do to change your determined fate. The only way you can change your fate is if you got the grace from God, where he would encounter you.

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John Winthrop preached his theory of how God is found in scripture and strong work ethics. He came up with this concept in order to show the other Christians around the world what they believe in there in Massachusetts. Winthrop also had a strong belief in education and talked about how it was necessary to help everyone read the word of God. Due to this strong belief in education, they decided to build the first public school in 1635, which eventually led to the establishment of more schools. They continued to build many schools that still exist today such as Harvard and Princeton.

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Witchcraft was a massive issue for the puritans in the year 1692, there were tons of accusations going around that mostly innocent people were witches. Over 200 people were placed in prison and 19 people were hung in 1692 because of these witchcraft accusations. The whole thing started from a little girl named Betty Parris and her friends showing strange and unusual behavior, were in pain, were ill, and exhibited weird screams. These girls then began to accuse many different people of witchcraft, some of these people being religious and frequently attended church. Some signs if someone was a witch were worshiping the devil, old feuds, or confessing to being a witch.

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In Salem witch trials, the person accused of being a witch would be placed in shackles and brought forth in front of the court. If someone was accused of being a witch, then they would have to go to trial. There was no way of not going to the trial, you were forced to go if accused. Most of the time the Trial would accuse people guilty of witchcraft and because of this the people accused would be thrown in jail or even occasionally executed. Fortunately in later years people to started to question if the whole witchcraft thing was actually a real thing, and because of this sense of reality coming to the people because many people who were getting accused of witchcraft were religious people who often went to church and prayed a lot.