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The puritans were a group of people within the Church of England who didn't like the way things were run. Because of this they left the church, started their own, then came to America. They had a very plain lifestyle and very strict rules to follow. The puritan ways have left a lasting impression on America and have influenced the way we are today. From many of their beliefs being seen in modern religion, to the top schools in the US being funded by them, the Puritans left their mark in America.

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The Salem witch trials started in 1692 when a group of young girls claimed that they were possessed by the devil. They started accusing women in Salem of being witches and the town soon after set up a trial. The accused women would go up on the stand and either deny that they were witches, which led to being killed. Or just say that they were witches in order to survive, because those who confessed could apparently be saved.

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Calvinism was a theology created by John Calvin in the sixteenth century. Many ideas were taken from Calvinism and were incorporated into the puritans way of thinking. They shared many similar beliefs such as depravity and atonement. These beliefs are what helped lead to the witch trials. For lack of more advanced knowledge, the puritans thought the witches were possessed by satan. Because of their beliefs, this was totally a possibility to them.

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During this time people often assumed that everything that went wrong was caused by the devil. So, when the daughter and niece of Samuel Parris were ill, the doctor diagnosed them with bewitchment. These two girl along with others were said to be bewitched and started accusing people of using witchcraft. Once the trials began these girls would do frightening things in front of the court. They would do thing such as copy everything the women on trial was saying. This spatial evidence along with other things sparked fear in the hearts of Salem's people.

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The people of Salem eventually turned on the girls because they started to accuse high standing people of being witches. The trials finally ended when the girls accused the wife of the governor of Massachusetts. Due to these trials, many women were either killed or locked in jail. Salem became a deserted ghost town. The trials were later said to be unlawful because of the use of spectral evidence.