What Did The Cause Of The Salem Witch Trials
The Puritans plan of having a city upon the hills went down hill and was not successful. In 1692 the hunt for witches took place in the town of Salem, Massachusetts. Many people aren't really sure what actually caused the Salem witch trials to occur. The towns strict religious beliefs, political cooperation and role playing, could all have been the cause of the Salem witch trials and hangings. The town of Salem was in the process of become a pure city when strange even started to take place. Young girls named Abigail Williams and Elizabeth(Betty) Parris began to show strange behavior when they were in church. These strange behaviors included screaming, yelling and ear covering whenever the script of the bible was read aloud. This
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They believed them because most of the people they were blaming were people who never attend church or had a bad reputation in town. One of the people that were accused of being a which was Sarah Good, people knew she begged for food, had bad manner and this is what made her suspicious, Secrets of the dead(pbs.org). Many of the people that were accused of being witches and cause the girls behavior did not live near them, they lived in more rural places in the town of Salem, Map of Salem Village 1692(DOC. E). Though their accusations and the people's location did add up, something completely differently began to happen. The young girls started to accused people the town knew well, such as the governor's wife and Giles Cory who was full member of the church, Secrets of the dead(pbs.org). This is when people started to realize that something suspicious was happening with the accusations. Many people began to think that their accusation were any act, they knew they could get away with it so they kept it up, Charles W. Upham, Salem Witchcraft, Boston, 1867(DOC. D). The girls were blaming people could not possibly be witches or be associated with it. Some people in town were to confused and blind to realize this. They were accusing people left and right, both lower and upper class. It was an act they knew they could get away with it, so they played along. This caused many people who were possibly innocent to be
They believed them because most of the people they were blaming were people who never attend church or had a bad reputation in town. One of the people that were accused of being a which was Sarah Good, people knew she begged for food, had bad manner and this is what made her suspicious, Secrets of the dead(pbs.org). Many of the people that were accused of being witches and cause the girls behavior did not live near them, they lived in more rural places in the town of Salem, Map of Salem Village 1692(DOC. E). Though their accusations and the people's location did add up, something completely differently began to happen. The young girls started to accused people the town knew well, such as the governor's wife and Giles Cory who was full member of the church, Secrets of the dead(pbs.org). This is when people started to realize that something suspicious was happening with the accusations. Many people began to think that their accusation were any act, they knew they could get away with it so they kept it up, Charles W. Upham, Salem Witchcraft, Boston, 1867(DOC. D). The girls were blaming people could not possibly be witches or be associated with it. Some people in town were to confused and blind to realize this. They were accusing people left and right, both lower and upper class. It was an act they knew they could get away with it, so they played along. This caused many people who were possibly innocent to be