Puritan Beliefs

What type of government did the Puritans have?

• theocracy
• democracy
• monarchy

The Salem Witch Trials occurred in what year?

• 1950
• 1962
• 1692

Spectral evidence was permitted in the courts of Salem during the witch trials.

• True
• False

In our court system today, a person is innocent until proven guilty, which is a contradiction to the Salem courts during the trials.

• True
• False

During the witch trials, thirty people were executed.

• True
• False

If a person CONFESSED to witchcraft

• the person would not be hanged.
• the person would be hanged.

If a person DID NOT CONFESS to witchcraft

• the person hoped for salvation since s/he did not give a false confession.
• the person would not achieve salvation in the afterlife since s/he did not confess to wrongdoing.