Introduction

On the eve of the salem witch trials, a powerful force was at play in the new england settlement. It influenced how the villagers saw their neighbours and gave shape to their fears about threats to their community. If we're talking about societyal influences on salem you'd be hard pushed to think of one more pervasive than puritanism. As historian of early america, kathleen m brown explained, the salem ites saw god's hand in everything. What happens on earth is never far from god's plan. I'm trying to send a message, the hand of god in the world of human beings on earth. A m c plus, only the good stuff.