17th Century Massachusetts and the Salem Witch Trials In January of 1692‚ the daughter and niece of Reverend Samuel Parris became ill‚ and when the children’s health did not improve‚ the village doctor William Griggs was called in to help. He swiftly diagnosed the girls with bewitchment and the famous witch trials of Salem took off. Salem had recently had an epidemic of Small Pox and had always had a strong belief in the Devil. These two factors added with the constant fear of attack from warring
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The salem witch trials hysteria of 1692 was caused by the Puritans strict religious standards and intolerance of anything not accepted with their scripture. The largest account of witch trials as well as deaths by witch trials occurred in Salem‚ a village heavily populated with the Puritans. Because most of the trials were occurring in Salem‚ this meant that the accusations were happening among the Puritans themselves‚ which could very well be anything as long as the Puritans found it as contradicting
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What caused the Salem Witch Trial Hysteria of 1692? During the summer of 1692‚ nineteen people were hung and one pressed to death‚ because they were accused of practicing or aiding the process of witchcraft. The Salem Witch Trials were started by a preconceived notion that witchcraft was real based on religious texts and ministers‚ or that being in a wrong place at the wrong time was the doing of witch. In addition‚ all of the accused were tried with in the sights of four young
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Winston Churchill’s speech‚ tilted the “Iron Curtain Speech‚” was given on March 5th‚ 1946 and expressed the need for the prevention of another war. Churchill first begins with talking about Russia‚ and about how the Soviet Union has influenced some very major European cities or capitals. Cities such as Vienna‚ Budapest‚ Bucharest‚ Warsaw‚ Prague‚ Berlin‚ Belgrade‚ and Sofia are know to be apart of the “Soviet sphere” which was a title given to them by Winston Churchill himself due to the major influence
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When Sir Winston Churchill was making a speech to the House of Lords November 11th 1941 this phrase was made ( Many forms of government have been tried and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed‚ it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.) This is only part of the speech this was a debate in the House of Lords to pass the Parliament Act of
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days after Winston Churchill became the Prime Minister of Britain were the British Expeditionary Force and the First French Army trapped on the beaches surrounding Dunkirk‚ France ("Battle of Dunkirk"). There were 400‚000 troops trapped on there‚ with the Nazis surprisingly halted. 338‚000 troops were rescued from those beaches‚ thanks to efforts from many different groups of people ("World War II: Battle and Evacuation of Dunkirk"). In the speech “We Shall Fight On The Beaches” Winston Churchill
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back on the events of the Salem witch trials and laugh at the absurdity of the allegations. It seems crazy that society could be fooled into believing in things like witches and deal with the events in such an extreme manner. It is a common belief that witch hunts are things of the past. Many people would agree that they no longer exist today; however Arthur Miller‚ author of the play‚ "The Crucible"‚ points out that society has not come very far from the days of the Salem witch trials. In his play
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Maryse Conde’s novel‚"I‚ Tituba‚ Black Witch of Salem‚"Tituba went through various hardships in her life her witchcraft and being black got her into a lot of trouble. Also being with a man who turned on her. She ended up being hanged just when she finally got a chance to go back to Barbados she dies. Most stories of Tituba are always like this. But in article "The Further Transformation Of Tituba‚" we find that in Ann Petry’s book‚ "Tituba of Salem Village‚" she goes through little or no hardships
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In the Salem Witch Trials Abigail‚ Betty‚ Mary‚ and Mercy were the only evidence needed to get convicted in the adapted play The Crucible by Arthur Miller. It became their word against yours and the girls had all the power because they were well trusted within the community. The same goes for this news story about José Antonio Zúñiga‚ or known more commonly as his nickname Toño‚ he was sentenced to jail for up to 20 years for a crime he did not commit due to no one doing a follow up on his story
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Sir Winston Churchill was undoubtedly a powerful and influential person for Britain. Churchill had countless heroic actions in his lifetime from standing up to Adolf Hitler‚ reconstructing Britain‚ and escaping war captivity. Now that you have a little insight on Winston Churchill let me take you on an awe-inspiring journey into Churchill’s life. The powerful Winston Churchill was born on November 30‚ 1874. He was born into an Aristocratic family and grew up in Dublin‚ Ireland. His father‚ Lord
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