During the time period that the Salem witch trials took place people believed that the devil was responsible for all evil in the world. because of this when the accusations floated around, people believed the devil was responsible and behind these attacks and the witches were basically Satan worshipers.
Well i know that there are a lot of leading lines in that movie but that's something you need to answer on your own, it's more of an opinion question.
Imperial nations used direct. yes they wanted to rule temslves
