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[[File:george-h-boughton-pilgrims-going-to-church.jpg|frame|"...most dismal wretches, who said their prayers before daylight, and then wrought in the forest or the cornfield till evening made it prayer time again."]]
The period in America from around 1607-1763 where just about [[Blatant Lies|everyone was a Puritan Pilgrim]] and had to attend church services that were approximately 11 days long. [[Deliberately Monochrome|Everyone wore black all the time]]; the men all carried [[BFG|blunderbusses]] and wore [[Nice Hat|tall hats with big buckles around them]],<ref>[[Hat Shop|capotains]]</ref>
The women were all called "[[Insistent Terminology|Goody]] Somethingorother" and were frequently [[Burn the Witch|burned at the stake as witches]]. Occupations among the men, besides the aforementioned prayer and witch-burning, included [[Moral Guardians|persecuting]] [[The Heretic|Quakers]], [[Politically-Incorrect Villain|oppressing]] [[Noble Savage|Native Americans]], [[Injun Country|being scalped]], and hunting turkeys for the first [[Thanksgiving Day]] dinner.
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* ''[[Disney Animated Canon|Pocahontas]]''
* One episode of ''[[Danny Phantom]]'', involving time travel, takes them to Salem. Naturally a [[Burn the Witch]] attempt ensues.
** ''[[The Fairly
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