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The puritians did not want government seperate from the church, therefore they believed in theocracy. Theocracy is a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god.

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predestination is something that the puritians believed in. It is essential that God chose for you to go to heaven or hell and there is nothing you can do about it. By definition it means is the doctrine that all events have been willed by God, usually with reference to the eventual fate of the individual soul.

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People were confessing that they were witches.Old feuds between accusers and those accused surrpuring charges of witchcraftGirls would accuse others of being witches and they were thought of as sent from heaven.By the end of 1692, 200 people were accused of being witches by these girls.19 men and women were hung because they were accused of being a witch.If you confess that you are a witch, you won't die.

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The puritans believed in calvinism. Calivinism is a practice set down by John Calvin which preached total depravity, which means everyone is a sinner and has been since birth because of Adams sins, we also sinned.

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Puritanism is a religion that came to america in 1692 looking for a new life and religious freedoms. They did not like the church of england or the catholic church. Beliefs soon began to cause issues with witches.