The Salem Witch Trials were a series of trials brought about by the suspicion of witchcraft performed by the accused individuals. This happened in the late 16th century when the belief of the devil and other evil forces were very popular and, along with that, the belief in witchcraft. Almost all that were accused of witchcraft were hung, left to die in prison, etc. The Salem Witch Trials are a good example of conflicting religious views back in that time period and also, how some beliefs were so extreme as to falsely accuse innocent people of witchcraft and steal their lives from them.
The Puritans were a group of Protestants. The Protestants were a group of people against the Catholic faith because they thought it to be corrupt. Basically, the Puritans are called Puritans because they believed there to still be a smidgen of Catholicism in the Protestant faith and wanted nothing to do with that at all. They wanted their faith to be “pure” hence puritans.
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