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Why did the Salem settlement need a theocracy (ruled by religion)? Why had the settlers begun to turn toward individualism?

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Why did the Salem settlement need a theocracy? Why had the settlers begun to turn toward individualism? Puritans chose theocracy to maintain unity in their settlement. Settlers twaord indviualism because the rules of settlement were extrmely strict so they wanted freedom.
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