No. I've known about the Salem Witch Trials since I was like 5. I read The Crucible when I was 14? Yes, 14.
It was a nice play.
Salem Witch Trials were just accusations of people being witches (whether or not they actually practiced black magic.) Normally women who knew the answer to a problem that even the boys in the class couldn't figure out. Or those conveniently are at the wrong place at the wrong time.