The Salem Witch Trials : A Day By Day Chronicle Of A Community Under Siege Essay

Aspects of the Trials The Salem Witch Trials were disreputable experiences during the colonial era in New England where fourteen women and six men were killed for allegations of witchcraft in 1692 1 . The trials started as due to the mysterious and bizarre conduct of two girls who were distressed by violent seizures and strange hysterics that apparently rendered them with the inability to speak, hear, or see. Following a medical check and an assessment by Puritan clergy, it was concluded that the

The Salem Witch Trials were a series of events that occurred within the 1690 's in a puritan society called Salem Village. It started with people acting out due to unknown causes and sources. Citizens within Salem started to accuse the men and women who acted out as witches, increasing mistrust and hysteria within Salem. The numerous allegations lead to hearings and prosecutions of the people who were accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts. The trials resulted in the executions of twenty

Yasmin Valdez 11/23/15 History 1302 Book Review “Six Women of Salem” Book Review, By Marilyne K. Roach Marilynne K. Roach is a resident of Watertown, Massachusetts. She went on to graduate with a BFA from MCA (Massachusetts College of Art) but she uniquely gives credit to the public library systems for the rest of her education. This is very interesting to me because she says that libraries are what she owes to her education to. Because of all the books she reads she later turns out to be a great