Many assumptions have been made by historians to explain the occurrence of the Salem witchcraft trials‚ and on why the afflicted girls behaved the way they did‚ but yet there still seems to remain a sense of doubt on this issue. It seems that this case is not just because of one factor such as Ergotism‚ but several more. The affliction started by mind suggestion. The early beliefs and superstitions in Puritanical society that were practiced on an everyday basis supported the idea that the behaviors
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Salem Witch Trials In the years 1692 to 1693 there was an unruly and unjustified cause stirring in the air and surrounding areas in a colony in Massachusetts where more than two hundred innocent colonials were accused of practicing and holding events in the name of evil and in events in witchcraft and twenty were executed. Called the devil’s magic‚ witchcraft was being seen nothing other than one whom holds innocents and a grudge of one whom was innocent of this misjudgment. Most of the
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Minnesota. Those innocent deaths led by false accusations supported with no evidence‚ fear and motives can relate to those wrongfully and legally hung in The Salem Witch trials. Even though the trials took place three centuries ago‚ similar unjustified deaths and persecution of people based on fear and social instability continued on to the 20th century. In the year 1920‚ America was in the midst of a violent period of racial discrimination and conflicts. One summer night June 14‚ 1920‚Irene Tusken‚ age
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Sorcery in Salem began its mass hysteria in January 1692 when Dr. William Griggs diagnosed the first girls with being “bewitched”. He was the only physician in the village and since his educational background is unknown‚ we do not know exactly what education he has in the medical field but we assume that he had some medical training since he was the doctor in the village. Both of the young girls that was diagnosed as “bewitched” was Reverend Samuel Parris’s own daughter and niece. (Lawson‚ 2007)
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Increasing Power in the 17th Century Governmental systems in both France and England were greatly changing during the 17th Century. In England‚ absolute monarchies lost power while Parliament gained supremacy. France‚ on the other hand‚ saw Louis XIV strengthening his own offices and weakening both the Estates General and the local nobility. Absolutism‚ a political theory holding that all power should be vested in one ruler‚ was attempted by James I and Charles I of England‚ and Louis XIV of France
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witchcraft swept through Salem‚ Massachusetts‚ like a plague. During the years of 1692 and 1693‚ more than 200 people—men‚ women‚ and even children—were accused of witchcraft (Blumberg). Words of friends‚ neighbors‚ and even complete strangers put many people’s lives in danger. Nineteen people were hanged‚ one person pressed to death‚ and four known deaths occurred in prison. The accusations‚ the trials‚ the executions‚ and the events leading up to and after the deaths‚ kept Salem‚ Massachusetts on its
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colonies in the seventeenth century faced many challenges. These tensions of political‚ social‚ religious and economic natures came from abroad and within. Influences of the political and economic nature from abroad onto the established American colonies shifted the shape and nature of the colonies; whereas‚ the social and religious tensions from abroad tended to create new colonies. The Quakers‚ for instance‚ were a group of English Protestants who left England in search of a new home for “their
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11. As the seventeenth century wore on‚ regional differences continued to crystallize‚ most notably a. the use of indentured servants. b. loyalty to Enggland. c. the continuing rigidity of Puritanism. d. the breaking of the Atlanta economy. e. the importance of slave labor in the south./// in the south 12. The population of the Chesapeake colonies throughout the first half of the seventeenth century was notable
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“Extraordinary body postures‚ inexplicable pains‚ deafness‚ numbness‚ and blindness‚ meaning I was babbling‚ refusal to eat‚ destructive and self-destructive behavior…” Witchcraft was common in the 16th and 17th centuries. In 1692‚ in Salem‚ Massachusetts a slave named Tituba was the first “witch” accused. This accusation came about when two younger girls and Tituba‚ their fathers slave‚ attempted to see into the future through an egg white. When they looked in the egg white they supposedly saw a coffin
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Accusations In the Salem Witch trials of 1692‚ many individuals were accused of witchcraft. However‚ the reasons for which they were accused differed greatly from person to person. The classification of a witch‚ how people were tested for witchcraft‚ and specific witch accusations in conjunction with other logical explanations may be the reason why people were condemned as witches. A witch is defined as a person who has made a deal with Satan (Witch-Hunt‚ 33). It is believed that the witch gave up his/her
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