THE PURITANS AND SALEM

PURITAN BELIEFS

• Puritans once belonged to the church of England.
• However they believed that the church was too catholic.
• So in the 16th century they set for the new world.
• John Calvin lead the puritan religion.
• God was the biggest figure and influence in their lives.

SALEM

• Salem was found by roger conant in 1626.
• Primary occupation in the 17 and 18th centuries are fishing.
• The town was famous for there witch craft.
• 19 men and women was hung for practice of witchcraft.
• Prisons were filled with more than 150 men and woman.

SALEM WITCH TRIALS.

• The salem witch trials began i The spring of 1692, and ended in the winters of 1692.
• The hunt began after a group of girls in Salem village Massachusetts claimed to br possessed by the devil and accused local women of witchcraft.
• There were many important people, Bridget Bishop was one of thr first ones convicted. William Grigfs is the one who diagnosed them with witchcraft.
• In February arrest warrants were out for Paris Caribbean slave tituba with two other women, heomless beggar Sarah Good & the poor elderly Sara Osborn- the girl accused of bewitching them.
• The accused witches were taken to the magistrate Jonathan Cormin and John Hathorne and were questioned even as their accusers appeared in the court room in a display of spasms, screaming, and wirthing.

PURITAN LAWS AND CUSTOMS

• They were very strict.
• If you missed church on a regular basis you could recieve a fine.
• Adulterers could be forced to wear a scarlet "a".
• Parish wardens handled social warfare.
• They didnt all dress in black as many believed.

PURITAN LAWS AND CUSTOMS

• Women didnt participate in town meetings & excluded from decision making.
• The stockade forced guilty people to sit in the public square while onlookers spat or laughed at them.
• At least two known adulterers were executed in Massachusetts.
• The sermon became a means of addressing problems or concerns.