USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Salem was first settled in 1626 by Roger Conant and his associates who came from a fishing settlement at Cape Ann, four years before the settlement of Boston.

Detailed explanation-2: -Puritans facing religious persecution in England set out for the New World, where they established a colony at Plymouth.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Congregational Church On June 12, 1630, after a two-month voyage aboard four ships, the Puritans landed at Salem in the Mas-sachusetts Bay Colony. At this time, Salem was a poor settlement of huts crowded between the sea and thick forest.

Detailed explanation-4: -The company established multiple settlement, but their first fishing village at Gloucester failed and was moved to the fertile and coastal land of the Naumkeag people. It was renamed Salem in 1626. Salem soon became a religious refuge for Puritans escaping persecution in England.

Detailed explanation-5: -Most Puritans settled in towns in coastal Massachusetts just slightly north of Boston. community and cultural practices, most of them based on their religious beliefs. The Crucible takes place in one of these Puritan communities: Salem, Massachusetts.