the girls‚ once discovering the sessions accused the slave of being a witch. Then once the behaviors continued to occur‚ the witch trials began. There are many conspiracies as to why the witch hysteria happened. Religious beliefs‚ social class tension‚ and bored girls are to be the cause of the witch hysteria in Salem. One conspiracy for the cause of the witch trials in Salem is religious beliefs. Majority of the citizens in Salem were Puritans who practiced predestination‚ which means they followed
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The Salem Witch Trials Salem The Salem witch trials and hysteria first began‚ during the spring of 1692‚ when two young girls‚ Elizabeth Parris and Abigail Williams‚ started having uncontrollable fits that consisted of screaming and contortions. Several other girls‚ such as Mercy Lewis‚ Elizabeth Hubbard‚ and Ann Putnam Jr.‚ from Salem were also diagnosed with similar symptoms. After seeing the local doctor‚ William Griggs‚ he decided on the diagnosis of bewitchment. This lead the people to wonder
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guilty. Although of what crime depends on the time period of the aforementioned case‚ for trials such as these have occurred in American History not once but twice. The first began back in the 1600’s in a little town known as Salem Massachusetts‚ where people were killed for crimes of witchcraft. The second instance‚ while not quite as known for bestowing rigor mortis still put ruin on the lives of many. Trials in the 1950’s fueled by McCarthyism and the idea that communism was invading the United
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Puritans and the Salem Witch Trials During the time period of 1691 to 1692 the town of Salem‚ a small thriving community within the Puritan Massachusetts Bay colony‚ was struck by widespread hysteria in the form of witch trials. The way these trials and accusations played out are historically unlike any other witch trials found in European and American history. Historians have pointed to a number of economic‚ political‚ and social changes of the then existing institutions throughout the Massachusetts
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Brennyn Mackey 2 May 2011 The Secret War of Salem Exposing the Culprit behind the Mass Hysteria The Salem Witch Trials were a series of infamous events that demand an explanation for their occurrence. The trials that took place in 1692 caused neighbors in the community of Salem Village in the colony of Massachusetts to turn on one another out of paranoia‚ accusing one another of witchcraft. According to Carol Karlsen‚ a longtime author of the subject‚ nineteen people were hanged
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What was the Salem Witch Trials? The Salem Witch Trials was a peroid of time in which many women and men were being accused of witchcraft. The victims of the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 were tormented (and most were put to death) by being burned at the stake‚ hung‚ etc. for being accused of witchcraft‚ and being found guilty by a jury and/or a judge. The aftermath resualted in crop failure‚ depression and a new nickname for the town. Where and when it all began:The Salem Witch Trials began on February
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Salem Witch Trial: Hangings Michelle Woodring Mr. Yates American Literature 1 May 2010 Salem Witch Trial: Hangings Theses— There were many casualties of the Salem Witch Trials and there are still many mysteries today. * Salem History and Background * Witch Craft Starting * Symptoms of Witch Craft * People Accused of Witch Craft * Trials * Hangings * End of the Witch Hunt Michelle Woodring Mr. Yates American Literature 1 May 2010 Salem Witch Trials:
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Theory of the Salem Witch Trials The Salem Witch Trials were a dark time in the history of America. There were people killed for being a “witch”. Whether they were or not‚ they tested them with various ways of torture. From being hung‚ to being tied to a rock and thrown in a lake; if they survived‚ they were a witch‚ if they died‚ they weren’t. The Puritans came up with many different theories of witchcraft for various problems. Whether it was for the weather‚ lack of crop growth‚ or if someone
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being a witch then you either blamed it on someone else or plead you were innocent. These trials began overwhelming the justice system. The Salem witch trials were a series of cases brought before local magistrates and the county court of trials in 1692. To understand the events of the Salem witch trials‚ it is necessary to understand that the people in Salem thought differently and lived differently than people from the 21st century. A strong belief in the devil‚ factions among Salem Village
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in Salem‚ Massachusetts in 1692? The answer to that question is still as talked about today as it was in 1692. People today are more open to their thinking about witches and witchcraft. What caused the girls to convulse‚ have visions‚ fall into a trance or babble uncontrollably? Was it something they ate? Was it smallpox? Was it a voodoo curse placed on the girl’s by a Barbados slave? The Puritan Religion beliefs might have led to the witch hysteria in 1692 Salem. The witch hunt
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