Salem was thee main focus.
- Settled in 1626
- Located in the northeast part of modern day Massachusetts
- originally set up to be a fishing community
Key players
- A wealthy English Puritan lawyer
- Served as governor for 12 of the first 20 years
- Very religious man even by Puritan standards
- His son, John become a founder of Connecticut
John Hawthorne
- Born into a well established Salem family
- Salem magistrate and was chosen by Governor Sir William Phips to be a judge in the Salem Witch Trials
- Known for treating the witches as guilty until proven innocent
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