Salem Witch Trials: Biggest Misunderstandings In American History
Script: Today, we see the salem witch trials as being one of the biggest misunderstandings in American history and is still widely talked about however people are still not fully aware of what actually took place. So … what is the salem witch trials? The Salem Witch Trials starts off with an English Colony moving to America and starting the Massachusetts Bay Colony. During this time many people had brought the belief in witchcraft from england. There was a lot of anxiety amongst the settlements they were afraid of death by starvation, death by exposure, death by savages. People think that the devil and the indians are out to get them.
In 1692, young girls within the community were accusing mainly older women of being witches. The women being accused were generally older women and therefore were vulnerable in the settlement. The reason why mostly women were accused of witchcraft was because At the time, it was thought that women were morally weaker which meant they were easily tempted into sin. This is something you could trace to the story of adam and eve. The Salem witch trials …show more content…
The local doctor diagnosed this as bewitchment, soon enough other girls in the town began to show similar symptoms. In late february, arrest warrants were issued for the Parris’ families Caribbean slave, Tituba along with two other women, the homeless beggar Sarah Good and Sarah Osborne. These women were accused of bewitching the young girls and it didn’t take long for the rest of the community to believe them, these three women were all outcasts, Tituba being a slave, Sarah Good being a beggar and Sarah Osborne had not attended church in 3 years because of a long term illness and was an elderly widow which made them easy targets to be falsely accused of
In 1692, young girls within the community were accusing mainly older women of being witches. The women being accused were generally older women and therefore were vulnerable in the settlement. The reason why mostly women were accused of witchcraft was because At the time, it was thought that women were morally weaker which meant they were easily tempted into sin. This is something you could trace to the story of adam and eve. The Salem witch trials …show more content…
The local doctor diagnosed this as bewitchment, soon enough other girls in the town began to show similar symptoms. In late february, arrest warrants were issued for the Parris’ families Caribbean slave, Tituba along with two other women, the homeless beggar Sarah Good and Sarah Osborne. These women were accused of bewitching the young girls and it didn’t take long for the rest of the community to believe them, these three women were all outcasts, Tituba being a slave, Sarah Good being a beggar and Sarah Osborne had not attended church in 3 years because of a long term illness and was an elderly widow which made them easy targets to be falsely accused of