Pretend that you are a traveler who is visiting the new colonies in the 1690s. You have just arrived in Salem. Fill in the missing words in your diary. Dear Diary, Well, here I am in Salem, in the (1) ___________________ Colony. Most people here belong to one religious group, and call themselves (2) ________________. They can be very judgmental and self-(3) ____________________ people who are sure that they and only they know the truth! They read the (4) ____________ every day and believe that only a few people are saved by God. Those who are saved are members of God’s (5) __________________, and must lead very good, religious lives. Those who are not saved will go to a terrible hell filled with fires. Life was pretty scary here recently. Several young girls were acting very strange. They said that their servant, a poor woman from the West Indies named (6) ___________________________, was a (7) ______________________, possessed by evil spirits. Many were accused of being possessed and more than one hundred people were put on (8) _________________. Altogether (9) _____ people were put to death. Off to Boston tomorrow. I hope things are a little more peaceful there!