The Puritans sought to purify, and strived to only partially reform the Church of England. They believed, whether they stated it or not, solely in social order and made that very clear by limiting the individual freedom of their followers. The Puritans read the Bible in a religious or continuous manner and interpreted every word literally. They believed in Calvinism, or predestination. Under predestination, it says that one is predetermined as saved or damned. Though the people of Salem,Massachusetts aimed to venture out to individual freedom, they remained intertwined in the bearings of social order. The Puritans, believe it or not, broke away from the Church of England to The Netherlands in search for religious freedom, as long as it was
