Puritans, House of the Seven Gabels, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Salem

For this blog post we had to find details on Puritans, The House of the Seven Gabels, Nathanial Hawthorne, and Salem.Also, how the Puritan religion has influenced us in present day.

So what I found was that Salem was originally named Naumkeag. The name was changed three years later to Salem. This city was located at the mouth of the Naumkeag river. So Nathaniel Hawthorne whose originally last name was Harthorne. He changed his last name because he didn't want people to know that he was related to Judge John Harthorne who was a judge for the Salem Witch trials. The House of the Seven Gabels which is a book by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Was a house that Hawthorne's dad bought. Hawthorne's cousin would tell him the stories about the house. So the house has a secret staircase. The house was bought and remodeled many times by its owner. Until one of the owner mad it into a museum.

Puritans are people that are anti-catholic. Puritans were a main religious group during the 17th and 16th centuries. They emigrated from England and the Netherlands to New England. The Puritans have influenced us in many ways. Even though we don't think we are like the puritans we still have similarities. The main things that Puritans believed in were religion, labor, and work. We work to get a good education. So I guess we have work in similarity. While Religion we are all different.