crazy idea of witchcraft. It makes one wonder how a whole town could believe in such a

crazy idea and actually kill people because of this crazy idea. To find the answer one only

needs to look at the Puritan’s beliefs and the way they lived their life.

One aspect of Puritan life that contributed to the belief in supernatural things such

as witchcraft was their lack of knowledge and technology. Life in Puritan New England

was harsh. They had to deal with hard work, harsh weather, and a religion that offered no

pity or forgiveness. Without technology in medicine or farming, people often had to deal

with many misfortunes. Among these misfortunes there were things such as death of

livestock, bad crops, and deaths in the family. People would get frustrated and need to

find some sort of reasons for these misfortunes in order to comfort themselves. In those

times there was few explanations for why things happen in our world the way they do.

Superstitious things such as witchcraft and demons were common beliefs all around the

world. People needed to find explanations for why things happened, and to them the

witches, the main part of Puritan life that made these people believe in witches was the

and do believe in witchcraft. America for the most part doesn’t believe in witchcraft. Yet,

where people were taught to conform and not stand out. To stand out would probably

in witchcraft if the leaders and people who are supposed to know what’s going on say that

were the citizens supposed to do? The legal system and our leaders are who we put out

something. The way they justified killing witches was because it even said in the Bible

mean that you would get accused of witchcraft as well. Puritans felt justified in believing

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