Salem witch trial

The Salem Witch Trials in 1692 is noted as the largest tragedy of America’s colonial period, and it is also noted as the period of time when accusations of witchcraft was the most frightening for the villagers. The Salem Witch trials created a community of fear, where neighbors would turn against each other, paranoid of witchcraft. Consequently, innocent people were accused and convicted of witchcraft with outrageous, flimsy evidence given to the court by others. 3 main reasons that caused the Salem

During the summer of 1692, 19 women and men were hung in Salem for being accused of having practiced witchcraft. These people were the Puritans, immigrants from England who had come to the United States in search of a land that wasn’t influenced by Protestant Christianity. Being fundamentalists, the Puritans believed that every word of the bible to be the truth, hence, they believed in witchcraft, evil spirits, and the devil. This interpretation of the Bible, though, allowed them to persecute innocent

2017 The Salem Witch Trials The Salem witch trials were an important event in American history. However this affected more than Salem, the ripples from these trials swept throughout the United States. Over two hundred “witches” where accused and twenty where killed. Later the judges admitted that they had been mistaken and tried to make it right but frictions lasted for a long time after word. (Blumberg, 2007) The main reason behind the Salem Witch Trials was fear. The location of Salem was a town

In 1692 the Salem Witch Trials took place in Salem Massachusetts. In the Salem area twenty innocent puritans were killed because they were believed to be practicing witchcraft. Ergotism can be put to blame for this because mainly of the symptoms people got that caused them to blame people of being witches. Ergotism was the cause of Salem Witch Trials because of the growth of the ergot in the area, the symptoms the settlers had, and how the symptoms caused the commotion. Ergotism was the cause

The Salem Witch Trials began in the spring of 1692 when a group of teenage girls had claimed to be possessed by the devil and accused different members of the community of bewitching them. As word of the devil and his witches spread through the community, a special court convened. This ultimately jailed and accused almost, if not more, than 300 people and sent nineteen of those people to their graves. What was the main purpose for the Salem Witch trials? Upon doing much research, there are many different

A. Plan of the investigation The Salem Witch Trials of 1692 were a dark and very crucial time in American history. The late sixteen hundreds consisted of relying on young girls for the truth; but to what extent did the puritan’s religion and culture have in the proceedings of the Salem Witch Trials? A focus on the religion that the puritans believed in and their culture will be discussed. Also, how their faith turned them against those who were accused of witchcraft. It is also needed

one of the darkest event in American history took place-the Salem Witch Trials. It all began with a group of young girls from Salem, a relatively large Puritan society of that time, began to exhibit strange behaviors. People of Salem were bewildered by these girls fits and convulsion and the doctors had no explanation for these strange system. With no answer for the abnormality, the people of Salem began accusing other people in Salem and people from other towns for practicing witchcraft. In one

Salem Witch Trials Throughout history millions of people have been scorned, accused, arrested, tortured, put to trial and, persecuted as witches. One would think that by the time the United States was colonized, these injustices on humanity would have come to an end, but that was not so. In 1692 a major tragedy occurred in America, the Salem witch trials. It all began when a group of girls accused others, generally older women, of consorting with the devil. The witchcraft hysteria in Salem

blood bath that was the Salem Witch Trials, but what not many know is what caused it and how it affected Americans throughout History. In the summer of 1692, it all started. A couple of Puritans thought that their daughters were being influenced by the Devil, but what they did not know is what the doctor said would affect the whole town, and eve their ancestors. Thesis: Many peaceful years after the Puritans’ journey to the new world, trouble arose through the Salem Witch Trials by what happened, what

During the mid sixteen hundred several episodes of witch trials and hangings transpired throughout New England. In order to avoid harm as the accused one would have to confess and claim to nullify the agreement with the devil or to flee south out of New England to either New York or Pennsylvania where witchcraft did not get punished. However, in reality the accused were not wealthy enough to escape south quick enough to avoid getting caught by the sheriff chasing them. During this era, it was a common