Explain the diverse society of the north and the tensions that led to the witchcraft trials in salem.

King William's War (1689) ravaged regions of upstate New York, Nova Scotia, and Quebec, sending refugees into Salem Village in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

The struggle for Salem's resources exacerbated the existing conflict between families with ties to the wealth of the port and those who still depended on agriculture.

The Puritan villagers believed all the disputes were the work of the Devil.