The Salem Witch Trials: 1692 And May, 1693

Colonial, Massachusetts February, 1692 and May, 1693 The Salem Witch Trials occurred. The Salem Witch trials are a big part of our history today. February, 1692 through May, 1693 at least 200 people were accused of witchcraft and at at least 20 of them were killed. This all started as an effect of the war between English rulers and the french. This war caused many refugees in Salem and the county of Essex. This aggravated the people of Salem, and the refugees were taking supplies and using everything they had. The people of Salem were also very strong in disliking their Reverend soon to be minister Samuel Parris for his greedy and rigid ways.(A Brief History of the Salem Witch Trials) They believed that all of this going on was the work of
They started acting different, they screamed, threw things, put themselves in weird positions and made weird sounds. The local doctor was called in and blamed the Supernatural for this. On february 29, the girls under pressure accused 3 women for their fits. They accused them of witchcraft and this being the devil’s work. The three women were Tituba the Parris’ Caribbean Slave, Sarah Good a homeless beggar, and Sarah Osborne a old poor women. All of the three women were sent to the Jury and were investigated for several days. Osborne and Good claimed innocent, but as for Tituba she claimed that “The Devil came to her” and that she was forced to obey him. She described her dreams of black dogs and different images and a black man who asked to sign his book. She signed his book and stated that in her dream there were other witches and that they were there to destroy the Puritans.(Salem Witch Trials Video) After hearing this all three women were sent to
After that he stopped all further hangings from there on because of the final realization that many people were being hung because of one’s accusations and visions which aren’t always accurate. Many people were put in jail and all the ones that were, were set free with no charges. The family of those who were hung and pressed were given things in return such as money or gifts for the misunderstanding. After this, this was basically named as one of the biggest mistakes in history, so many people were killed because a single false accusation.(A Brief History of the Salem Witch Trials) The reason this all really ended was because the governor's wife was accused and he didn’t want her to be hung. Many people were scared of witches and death so they thought it was best to accuse everyone so they themselves wouldn’t get hurt. Most people would blame others because they thought that they weren’t really religious, they accused them to get revenge, out of anger, if they were criminals or just if they didn’t like