The Salem Witch Trials: Childs Play Or Conspiracy?
The Salem Witch Trials: Childs Play or Conspiracy?
The Salem Witch Trials began in February of 1692 and continued to 1693 taking place in colonial Salem, Massachusetts. The birth of a colony in the New World had produced much chaos for its residents due to a lack of survival skills, ongoing attacks from the Native Americans, illness, and the basic elements concerning ones nutritional values and sanitary procedures. The Natives were constantly attacking the colony because of the colonists’ intrusive actions towards the invasion of land and the spread of disease within their tribe. Ultimately, it was the lack of communication and the degradation the Europeans gave to the Natives that caused fiction on their relationship. Back in England, King …show more content…
The puritan religion had very strict behavioral characteristics. It is said that Salem had a fear that the Devil had been trying to infiltrate the Christian community and had been giving certain people power to harm others in return for their loyalty. Puritans feared their religion was under attack and worried they were losing control of their colony. The political instability and threat to their religion created a feeling of uneasiness and discontent in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. There was a consensus that the Devil had been the reason for all the hardships the colonists had faced.
The concern about witches in Salem began when a group of young girls, Betty Parris, Abigail Williams, and Ann Putnam Jr., began to throw their “fits”; hiding under furniture making odd noises, contorting in pain and unnatural bodily movements. Without a doubt the girls had to be examined. When doctors couldn’t find a physical explanation to what had been occurring, they were diagnosed as being bewitched. They later named three women as those who had been hurting them; Tituba, the Parris’ slave, Sarah Good, a poor beggar, and Sarah Osborne, who had a legal altercation with the Putnam …show more content…
However, her case never went to trial; based on the lack of evidence. She was spared from the gallows but stayed in prison because Parris refused to pay her fees. She was later purchased her for the amount of her prison fees from Parris to an unknown buyer along with John Indian. After her release, there was no mention of either of the two. Sarah Good was one of the first three women accused of witchcraft. Sarah Good’s first husband, Daniel Poole, died in 1682 and was later remarried to William Good. She received her inheritance from her stepfather given to her by her father who died at his own hands in 1672. She sold it to pay of her debts, leaving them poor and begging on others charity for housing, work, and food. She was accused of witchcraft in 1692 and examined on March 1, 1692. She was implicated by Tituba along with Sarah Osborne. Her daughter, Dorcas Good ages four or five, was also arrested on March 24 implicating her mother as a
The Salem Witch Trials began in February of 1692 and continued to 1693 taking place in colonial Salem, Massachusetts. The birth of a colony in the New World had produced much chaos for its residents due to a lack of survival skills, ongoing attacks from the Native Americans, illness, and the basic elements concerning ones nutritional values and sanitary procedures. The Natives were constantly attacking the colony because of the colonists’ intrusive actions towards the invasion of land and the spread of disease within their tribe. Ultimately, it was the lack of communication and the degradation the Europeans gave to the Natives that caused fiction on their relationship. Back in England, King …show more content…
The puritan religion had very strict behavioral characteristics. It is said that Salem had a fear that the Devil had been trying to infiltrate the Christian community and had been giving certain people power to harm others in return for their loyalty. Puritans feared their religion was under attack and worried they were losing control of their colony. The political instability and threat to their religion created a feeling of uneasiness and discontent in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. There was a consensus that the Devil had been the reason for all the hardships the colonists had faced.
The concern about witches in Salem began when a group of young girls, Betty Parris, Abigail Williams, and Ann Putnam Jr., began to throw their “fits”; hiding under furniture making odd noises, contorting in pain and unnatural bodily movements. Without a doubt the girls had to be examined. When doctors couldn’t find a physical explanation to what had been occurring, they were diagnosed as being bewitched. They later named three women as those who had been hurting them; Tituba, the Parris’ slave, Sarah Good, a poor beggar, and Sarah Osborne, who had a legal altercation with the Putnam …show more content…
However, her case never went to trial; based on the lack of evidence. She was spared from the gallows but stayed in prison because Parris refused to pay her fees. She was later purchased her for the amount of her prison fees from Parris to an unknown buyer along with John Indian. After her release, there was no mention of either of the two. Sarah Good was one of the first three women accused of witchcraft. Sarah Good’s first husband, Daniel Poole, died in 1682 and was later remarried to William Good. She received her inheritance from her stepfather given to her by her father who died at his own hands in 1672. She sold it to pay of her debts, leaving them poor and begging on others charity for housing, work, and food. She was accused of witchcraft in 1692 and examined on March 1, 1692. She was implicated by Tituba along with Sarah Osborne. Her daughter, Dorcas Good ages four or five, was also arrested on March 24 implicating her mother as a