While opining that Native Americans “are a people without any religion ... Tens of thousands of Puritans therefore poured ...

Arriving in New England, the Puritans established the Massachusetts Bay Colony in a town they named ... The Puritans believed God had chosen a few people, "the elect," for salvation.

At first the victims were generally people of eccentric habits--many ... newly-appointed governor of the Massachusetts Bay colony. For four long years, Mather had been in England, leading the ...

Arriving in New England, the Puritans established the Massachusetts Bay Colony in a town they named ... The Puritans believed God had chosen a few people, "the elect," for salvation.