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Exploring the importance of religion to the community of Salem During the 1600s the Puritan community in England and was being gravely persecuted. The persecution was mainly due to the revolutionary view of the religion that the monarchy of the time had. The Puritan section of the protestant religion supported poor and uneducated people while at the same time attacking the power of Bishops. Puritan members of parliament were arrested if they did not agree with the official line. All known Puritans in England were spied on by Elizabeth's secret police, and Puritan meetings were broken up by militia. The persecution stiffened the Puritans morale and some sort of action became inevitable. The persecution eventually caused many Puritans to flee to America, where they founded several colonies. The small town of Salem was founded in 1626 and its name comes from the holy city of Jerusalem. The events that appear...

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