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The Puritans were originally from England. The Puritans left their homes because they were forced to leave England and Europe. They were all prosecuted for their religious beliefs, and they arrived in the Americas with new new ideas of creating a new society, with the ideal of freedom. These people were named the puritans because their goal was to "purify" religion and politics of corruption. In 1682, the puritans formed a New England Company. The king of England had given them a charter for a settlement, along Massachusetts Bay. The first group of puritans were led by John Endecott, in which they began the settlement of Salem. People and Ideas: The Puritans,  Arizona Pbs, October 11, 2010. http://www.pbs.org/godinamerica/people/puritans.html

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The most important thing to the puritans was there religious beliefs. The reason for this was, because they believed that God would always guide them to doing good things. Following God's rules would help them lead them to heaven, but without any sinning involved.
Puritans in America : Beliefs , Religion, & History.  Study.com  October 4, 2015. https://study.com/academy/lesson/puritans-in-america-beliefs-religion-history.html
In the 17th century, their expectations to living their lives was that they always had to follow God's plan, and attend church every Sunday in which was mandatory. Every new day would start dawn and end at dusk, so their lives would  be simple and peaceful.
Kellie Hayden & Noreen Gunnell, The Daily Life of a Puritan in Colonial Times, Bright Hub Education, 4/13/2015.
https://www.brighthubeducation.com/history-homework-help/112142-daily-life-of-a-puritan-colonist/

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The purpose of the Salem Witch Trials was for the devil to give certain people power, in order to hurt others. In return they would only give him their loyalty.
History.com Editors, The Salem Witch Trials, A&E Television Networks, November 4, 2011. https://www.history.com/topics/colonial-america/salem-witch-trials
These trials all began in the spring of 1692, where a group of girls have been possessed by the devil. People all over the village were getting a sense that local women have been claimed to be in the use of with craft. Those who were to use or were to be maybe known to be around witchcraft, were to be executed by being hanged in front of everyone. History.com Editors, The Salem Witch Trial, A&E Television Networks, November 4, 2011. https://www.history.com/topics/colonial-america/salem-witch-trials

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- William Bradford was a pilgrim and the second governor of the Plymouth colony from 1621 - 1657. He developed a private land ownership and helped colonists get out of debt. He has also helped the colony survive through droughts, crop failures, and indian attacks.      - John Winthrop as the governor of Massachusetts bay Colony, was instrumental in forming the colony's government and shaping its legislative policy. He had envisioned the colony in present day Boston as a "city upon a hill," in which puritans would spread religious righteousness throughout the world.
-Thomas Hooker a Puritan minister who led about 100 settlers out of Massachusetts Bay to Connecticut because he believed that the governor and other officials had too much power. He wanted to set up a colony in Connecticut with strict limits on government.
Quizlet.com, Zachattack2202, https://quizlet.com/9425798/important-people-in-puritan-colonys-flash-cards/

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Puritans understood what they wanted and undertook it with a goal of honoring God and the Bible through their work. Not surprisingly, authors of Puritan literature were deeply religious and wrote in such a way to make God became easier for everyone to understand and more relevant in their day to day lives. Puritan Literature: Characteristics and Authors, Study.com, October 4, 2015
https://study.com/academy/lesson/puritan-literature-characteristics-authors.html