Jonathan Edwards Compare And Contrast

In the beginning of civilization in North America, people believed in witchcraft and things out of the ordinary. Witchcraft means “the practice of, and belief in, magical skills and abilities that are able to be exercised by individuals and certain social groups”. Because of Witchcraft, the people of Salem decided to come up with a way to find out if someone was a witch. The Salem Witch Trials were if you were claimed to be a witch by another person in the community, you shall go through a trial. The Trial was if you sunk to the bottom of the river or a barrel with rocks attached to your body, then you were not a witch. But, if you floated, then you were officially a witch and you were to be hung as soon as possible. During the same time as the witch trials, a man by the name of Jonathan Edwards delivers a sermon that last for hours in a church that is locked up where people can’t leave. Before technology and social media, no one really knew the right way of doing things, so they came up with crazy ways of dealing with situations. From Edwards’ sermon to The Salem Witch Trials, these people were out of their minds.
Massachusetts Bay Colony was home to majority of the Puritan colonist. Salem where the witch trials started, just so happened to be one of the capital city of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The other capitals of the Massachusetts Bay Colony were Boston and Charlestown. Both the Sermon and the Witch Trials were in somewhat a way to scare people from doing wrong. Edwards doctrine was intended to put the fear of God into those who were being sinful. Witch trials were people being accused for sometimes no reason of practicing ‘The Devils Magic’. What ended the witch trials were people were starting to claim the people they didn't like witches so they could die. The governor of the colony heard that his own wife was accused of witchcraft, so he ordered an end to the