Question

Which of the following is not true of Salem, Massachusetts?

A.) In 1692, a witchcraft hysteria consumed Salem, resulting in the deaths of 20 people.
B.) One of Nathaniel Hawthorne's ancestors was a judge in Salem.
C.) Salem is the setting of "Young Goodman Brown" and other Hawthorne stories.
D.) The Puritans in Salem upheld freedom of religion.

Answer 1

D, Puritans wanted their religion to be law so they forced others to convert to Puritanism and frowned upon other religions 

Answer 2

D is the correct answer.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Salem trials were a series of hearings and persecutions. In this people who were accused of witchcraft were accused of colonial Massachusetts. More than 200 people were executed by crushing and hanging, many died in jail. It was one of the deadliest witch hunts in the history of the US. It was one of the most notorious examples of mass hysteria.