How did the Puritan religion increase the hysterical reaction from Salem’s villagers?

In early 1692, the devil paid a visit to Massachusetts. While he was there, he beguiled

people into his service, encouraging them to wreak havoc within their communities. A number

of Puritans living within the town of Salem believed the devil was present after a group of young

girls claimed to have been bewitched, setting off a morbid chain of events that became one of the

most infamous and widely known witch hunts in history. These witch hunts would last for over a

year and result in the deaths of around twenty people, and the detainment of hundreds more as

neighbors turned on each other and suspicion gripped the town tighter than Satan himself ever

could. The belief in Puritan culture of the devil and of witchcraft made it easy for these claims to

take hold. The accusations and proceedings of the Salem Witch Trials can be traced to the

paranoia, superstition, and overall straitlaced culture of the strict Puritan communityExplanation:

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