The Trial Of 1692: The Salem Witch Trial
The Salem Witch Trial
In 1692, Salem went through a period of witchcraft and unanswered questions. People were experiencing witchcraft left and right and they did not know what to do about it. The people wanted to know why is it happening, what was happening and how to stop it.
Salem is located in the United States in Massachusetts. This is located in North America. The Puritans thought of North America as the devils territory. Over a period of time Salem girls started experiencing periods of spouts where girls would randomly start screaming and moving as if someone was messing with them. This went on for a while and no one could figure out why it was happening. This all started in January of 1692.
One day, Samuel Paris, pastor of the Salem church was home with his daughter, Betty Paris, and his niece, Abigail Williams. Everything was …show more content…
Anything that was different or odd to the people was considered witchcraft. Witches were guilty until proven innocent. The accused witches were interrogated and they were also stripped and searched for witch teeth. Witch teeth are believed to be when the devil tried to communicate with the witches through smaller animals, whom would leave bite marks on the witch. When the accused witch went to trial some would just make up a story to go along with it and name other names. This caused them to be able to live rather than be hung. When you did not say you did it, you were hung. The Putnam’s (supporters of Thomas Putnam Jr.) were responsible for 181 accusations of witch craft. They used this opportunity to even old scores. One of the accused witches was George Burrows. When George went to trial, he stuck to the truth and since he did not agree to being a witch, he was about to be hung. In the process of being hung he started reciting the Lord’s Prayer. They believed if you were a witch reciting the Lord’s Prayer would be impossible. They still ended up hanging
In 1692, Salem went through a period of witchcraft and unanswered questions. People were experiencing witchcraft left and right and they did not know what to do about it. The people wanted to know why is it happening, what was happening and how to stop it.
Salem is located in the United States in Massachusetts. This is located in North America. The Puritans thought of North America as the devils territory. Over a period of time Salem girls started experiencing periods of spouts where girls would randomly start screaming and moving as if someone was messing with them. This went on for a while and no one could figure out why it was happening. This all started in January of 1692.
One day, Samuel Paris, pastor of the Salem church was home with his daughter, Betty Paris, and his niece, Abigail Williams. Everything was …show more content…
Anything that was different or odd to the people was considered witchcraft. Witches were guilty until proven innocent. The accused witches were interrogated and they were also stripped and searched for witch teeth. Witch teeth are believed to be when the devil tried to communicate with the witches through smaller animals, whom would leave bite marks on the witch. When the accused witch went to trial some would just make up a story to go along with it and name other names. This caused them to be able to live rather than be hung. When you did not say you did it, you were hung. The Putnam’s (supporters of Thomas Putnam Jr.) were responsible for 181 accusations of witch craft. They used this opportunity to even old scores. One of the accused witches was George Burrows. When George went to trial, he stuck to the truth and since he did not agree to being a witch, he was about to be hung. In the process of being hung he started reciting the Lord’s Prayer. They believed if you were a witch reciting the Lord’s Prayer would be impossible. They still ended up hanging