The Puritans: The Salem Witch Trials
The puritans first came in the 1630s,they left a big mark on the new land. In england the Puritans had been people of norms. king Charles didn't like them much and didn’t tolerate any of their attempt to try and reform the Church of england.Most of them thought they have nothing in england anymore and decided to come to the new colony and start over. my essay today is not about the history of the puritans but about what happen in the salem witch trials.there has been lots of theories about what happen and what led to it. Massachusetts, Salem village is where this story is held place. A group of young puritan girls claimed to be possessed by the devil and put the blame on several local women of witchcraft. . The puritans were strong believers
who lived there life under the ten commandments which are: you shall have no other gods before Me, you shall not make for yourself a carved image, you shall not take the name of the lord your God in vain, the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, honor your father and your mother, You shall not murder, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor, and last but not least you shall not covet your neighbor’s house. so you may ask yourself and say why would people like this ever kill so many lives over witchcraft. Witchcraft was one of the greatest crimes a person could commit and it is Punished by death The Salem witch trial is well known to be different from all the other witchcraft that has happened in England. It has conducted and executed more people than any other witchcraft outbreak in england. The Puritans were scared of death by starvation death by savages they were scared that they were losing their place in the world and that the devil and aliens or both against them. This all happened because of little girls accusing older woman. Most of the children and ministers and other people thought that they were doing The right thing by accusing other people of witchcraft. There was a strong belief that thing in recruits witches and wizards to work for him,the believe that a person affected by witchcraft has certain symptoms. This all happened at a time of trouble making it seem likely that Satan was there at the time for example smallpox, war, Crops not growing, or no rain.
who lived there life under the ten commandments which are: you shall have no other gods before Me, you shall not make for yourself a carved image, you shall not take the name of the lord your God in vain, the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, honor your father and your mother, You shall not murder, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor, and last but not least you shall not covet your neighbor’s house. so you may ask yourself and say why would people like this ever kill so many lives over witchcraft. Witchcraft was one of the greatest crimes a person could commit and it is Punished by death The Salem witch trial is well known to be different from all the other witchcraft that has happened in England. It has conducted and executed more people than any other witchcraft outbreak in england. The Puritans were scared of death by starvation death by savages they were scared that they were losing their place in the world and that the devil and aliens or both against them. This all happened because of little girls accusing older woman. Most of the children and ministers and other people thought that they were doing The right thing by accusing other people of witchcraft. There was a strong belief that thing in recruits witches and wizards to work for him,the believe that a person affected by witchcraft has certain symptoms. This all happened at a time of trouble making it seem likely that Satan was there at the time for example smallpox, war, Crops not growing, or no rain.