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The puritans (sometimes called precisionists) were a bunch of english people in a religious group movement called Puritanism. They arrived in the New World in the mid 1500s. When they arrived, they were very poor. They relied on whole families rather than whole, single men being priests who comprised many other early European settlements.

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The thing that was important to the puritans was to live according to the scriptures. Their expectations on how people should live according to the scriptures, is mandatory.

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https://study.com/academy/lesson/puritans-in-america-beliefs-religion-history.html Study.com September 17, 2018

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https://www.history.com/topics/colonial-america/puritanism
September 18, 2018

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3 important puritans were John Winthrop, John Calvin, and Roger Williams

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The Salem Witch Trials occured because many people believed the Devil gave certain people known as Witches the power to harm people in return of their loyalty. A war happened in 16989 between two French rulers, WIlliam and Mary in the American Colonies, in which they called it "King William's war".

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PBS "God in America"
http://www.pbs.org/godinamerica/people/puritans.html September 17, 2018

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A Brief History of the Salem Witch Trials https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-brief-history-of-the-salem-witch-trials-175162489/ Smithsonian.com September 17, 2018, October 23, 2007

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Some famous works revisiting the Salem Witch Trials were the 1953 play, The Crucible, made by playwright Arthur Miller, made a scene during the trials, a paper of Abigail Williams' testimony during a trial of the salem witch trials, which was considered a diary page, and a petition for bail from accused witches, in which they were disagreeing with the trial.

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A Brief History of the Salem Witch Trials
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-brief-history-of-the-salem-witch-trials-175162489/ September 17, 2018, October 23, 2007