Dbq Salem Witch Crisis
The Salem Witch Crisis began during the winter of 1691-1692. In Salem Village, Massachusetts, when Betty Parris, the nine-year-old daughter of the village’s minister, Samuel Parris, and his niece, Abigail Williams, fell strangely ill. The girls complained of pinching, prickling sensations, knifelike pains, and the feeling of being choked. Some weeks later, three ore girls showed similar symptoms. Doctors began to suspect that witchcraft was the reason of the girl’s symptoms.
Document A is a discourse of witchcraft. It is a speech that, Cotten Mather, an influential leader of the Puritans, argues for the existence of witchcraft. He says that “those who deny it exists argue that they never saw any witches, therefore there are none.” There
Document A is a discourse of witchcraft. It is a speech that, Cotten Mather, an influential leader of the Puritans, argues for the existence of witchcraft. He says that “those who deny it exists argue that they never saw any witches, therefore there are none.” There