How does theocracy relate to Salem witch trials?

Answer 1

A theocracy is a form of government where the earthly laws are based on religious teachings. Puritan America was not a theocracy. Religion heavily influenced the government on the local level, but the laws weren't based in teachings. For example, witches were not executed directly for witchcraft, but secular crimes committed via witchcraft, like murder. So, theocracies have nothing to do with the Salem trials.

Answer 2

that's what it is about dummy.

The Crucible is a mangling of facts and theories about the trials mashed together to create an allegory to the McCarthy trials of possible communists and Soviet spies in the US Congress.

Answer 3

Its not. Puritans weren't the kind of people who liked slavery. The only two slaves in Essex County were inheirtance from an estate in Barbados.