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Everyone started to panic since they were convinced witches existed under the control of Satan. 19 men and women were hanged, all convicted of witchcraft Another man in his 80s was put to death under a heavy stone for refusing to stand trial for witchcraft. Lots of innocent people died for being falsely accused. It was a big risk just living in there since whoever you provoked they could just accuse you of witchcraft and that would be the end. Women were the most affected, a lot of women were accused of witchcraft just because they learned things like reading or writing.

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Betty Parris became strangely ill. The cause of her symptoms may have been some combination of stress, asthma, guilt, boredom, child abuse, epilepsy, and delusional psychosis.
Talk of witchcraft increased when other playmates of Betty began to exhibit similar unusual behavior.
A doctor called to examine the girls, suggested that the girls` problems might have a supernatural origin.
“The girls contorted into grotesque poses, fell down into frozen postures, and complained of biting and pinching sensations. In a village where everyone believed that the devil was real, close at hand, and acted in the real world, the suspected affliction of the girls became an obsession.”   Douglas Linder

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Redemption Free Gift. They could feel God's grace in intense emotional ways. After receiving grace, you were "born again" with full power to do God's will and the ability to live righteously to the end. . The Puritan Church was a theocracy, a government that was a mixture of church and state. Church officials were government officials. Therefore, church and state were not separate. City-on-a-Hill Theory: The new colony of MA is a place of complete reform (utopia), where God appears in the Bible and a strong work ethic is found.

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Total depravity: Mankind is utterly sinful and doomed forever by the Fall of Adam and Eve.
Predestination: You are either elect (saved) or not born again (cursed). Salvation belongs to the chosen people, the chosen people of God. No good works can help you be saved.
Limited atonement: Christ died only for the “elect”.

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Puritanism refers to the reform movement that took place within the Church of England. It took place during the reign of Elizabeth and Charles II. The Puritans wanted to rid the Church of all Catholic remnants and build it on the ideas of John Calvin. They had really strong intentions when it came to realizing their purpose. They would do anything for their goal because of their obsession with God.