Salem, the Puritans, the actual House of Seven Gables, and Nathaniel Hawthorne may seem really ancient and boring, which believe me they are. Strangely enough though, they do have some semi-interesting facts. Shocking.
-In Salem, there was a rivalry between the East and the West sides of town.
-In ten months, 165 people were accused of witchcraft.
-Puritans believed that if you were born on a Sunday, it was a great sin upon your parents.
-Puritans brought more beer on the Mayflower than water.
-The House of Seven Gables has 17 rooms.
-The latitude and longitude of the house are 42°31′19″N 70°53′5″W.
-Nathaniel Hawthorne changed his name after college from “Hathorne” for pronunciation purposes.
-The book Moby Dick was dedicated to Hawthorne.
To connect, Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote the book The House of the Seven Gables, which took place in the Puritan community of Salem.
You could probably make a case that there is still some Puritan influence in our culture today, but I wouldn’t agree. They were super strict and religious, and I think both are hard to find in our society today. Of course there are exceptions, just; on the whole, based on my “observations” if you will, I don’t think so.
Wow lots of facts.Yet I do think that puritans influence modern america just a tad bit. They did have a legal system similar to our but nowadays we don't accuse people of witchcraft, we'll maybe some people do but we don't send them to court.
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