Karla Estrada History 1301 Fall 2014 Extra Credit SWCT The Salem Witchcraft Trials began in the 1690’s in Salem‚ Massachusetts and then later spread to other parts of New England. These trials resulted in the execution of about 20 people‚ most of them women‚ and innocent people. Hundreds of other individuals including men‚ women‚ and children were accused; dozens were kept in prison without trials‚ and a couple even died in prison. A wave of hysteria spread all over Massachusetts‚ when
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Salem Witch Trials DBQ The Salem Witch Trials‚ of 1692‚ occurred in Salem Massachusetts. This is a case where people accused other people of witchcraft. Salem was a town governed by strict Puritan religion‚ and to have such a charge labeled against you could cost you your life. There were many worldly reasons for the events that happened so many years ago. In this essay‚ I will explain why I think this tragedy occurred. One of the reasons why I think this took place was because of social problems
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The Salem Witch Trials I: Introduction Attention Getter: During the Salem Witch Trials‚ about 200 people would be accused of Witchcraft‚ 19 would be executed as witches‚ and one man is his 80’s would be put to death by stacking stone upon stone on his chest. General Purpose: To educate my audience about the Salem Witch Trials. Specific Purpose: My purpose is to display to you the power of fear in a place like Salem‚ or any place when they have the “witch hunt mentality.” Thesis
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SALEM WITCH TRIALS! ♥ From June through September of 1692‚ nineteen people convicted of practicing witchcraft in Massachusetts. The Salem Witch Trials took place only in America‚ but the idea of witches has existed in many parts of the world. In Europe witches were believed to be anti-Christian‚ and to have sold his or her soul to the devil in order to obtain magical abilities‚ usually to harm others. However‚ witches in Africa and the West Indies involved concepts other than the devil. From the
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The Salem witch trials scared many people during its time. During this time people accused each other of being witches. Many of the accused were killed because they would not admit to being a witch. The causes of the Salem witch trials were town division‚ lying girls‚ and jealousy. Town division helped spark the horrible events of the Salem witch trials. The town could be divided by race‚ social status‚ or wealth. Document E shows us that the accusers are on one side of the town and the accused
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Witchcraft Trials. Mather wrote‚ “Accounts of the Salem Witchcraft Trials” in 1693. During one of the trials‚ Susanna (North) Martin was accused of witchcraft. Martin was born in Olney‚ Buckinghamshire‚ England on September 30‚ 1621‚ were she was baptized. Her family first moved to Salisbury‚ Massachusetts in 1639‚ where she married George Martin. On June 29‚ 1692 Martin had a trial at the Court of Oyer and Terminer‚ Held by Adjournment at Salem. The Accounts of the Salem Witchcraft Trials‚ highlights
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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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Salem Witch Trials is one of the most controversial periods in the U.S. history. The event occurred in the colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693. Nearly 200 people who lived in Salam village were accused of practicing witchcraft or the magic of devil‚ nineteen persons were hanged and one person was pressed to death by heavy stones. Finally‚ the colony confessed mistaken and guilty. More importantly‚ they passed a bill restoring the rights and good names for those who were accused
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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 toes in this mass paranoia. It was 1689‚ according to Blumberg‚ when Reverend Samuel Parris became the first ordained minister of Salem Village
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The Salem Witchcraft Trials “The Devil in Salem” by Peggy Robbins addresses the Salem witch trials that occurred in colonial Massachusetts in 1692. The Massachusetts Bay Colony was where it was more likely for people to believe in witchcraft in which it was known to be believed by the people that Satan would take use of human beings to carry on his war against heaven. It has been recorded that in Salem Village in the year of 1692‚ alone 170 witches were imprisoned and 20 were sentenced to death
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