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The goal for the Massachusetts Colony to be the hope for the rest of the world. The people were believed to have an incredible work ethic and God was within scriptures. There was a strong belief in education so that the youth could understand the word of God. Everything would be different in the Puritans' new colony. All eyes were on the theocracy so they would strive to be a model for others.

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Religion was very important to the Puritans. The religion in Salem was Calvinism which is the belief in the power of God. Calvinism is based on "predestination": God decides who goes to Heaven and Hell before they are born. As well as the belief that all humans are born sinners because of Adam and Eve. Most people in Salem Village faked it with hope they would make it to Heaven in the afterlife.

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Puritans were highly suspicious that Satan was the reason for every bad thing that happened such as disease, natural disaster, and bad luck. They referred to this as "walking the invisible earth". Such as a group of teenage girls having the symptoms of being sick were explained as supernatural by doctors. In 1962 this was a common conclusion drawn about strange situations. Satan was also believed to be more active during those times because there was trouble such as the congregational strife in Salem and frontier wars with the Indians.

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Puritanism started in an England church which began the movement to start a reform. They wanted to purify the Roman Catholic church and church in Europe to be more God-like. In 1620, they sailed away from Europe to create the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Their goal was to create a utopia and combine the church and state. The Puritans' beliefs were built upon ideas of John Calvin.

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The Salem witch trials took place from February 1962 to May 1963. The trials took place in colonial Massachusetts. It all started when a group of girls claimed to be possessed by the devil and began to accuse several women of witchcraft. Mass hysteria spread throughout Salem village and a court was formed there to hear the cases. More than two hundred people were accused of being a witch and nineteen were hung.