12,000+ ago (it may or may not be right)
it is considered a witch hunt because he was hunting everyont that he thought was apart of communism and trying to bring the United States down so Russia can take over. He also said that he had a list of people that is working for the white house that is communist; but nobody ever seen that list.
Hope this helps
The Half-Way Covenant adopted by Puritans in 1662 a)made Puritan children and grandchildren partial church members. This was because Reverend Stoddard believed that less people were attending church, because the older generation which did was dying out and the younger generation was more interested in material things than attending church.
