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    What Caused the Salem Witch Trial Hysteria of 1692? All starting in June‚ 1692‚ the Salem Witch Trial hysteria was a period when people were constantly being accused of witchcraft. A witch is someone who is taken over by the devil and portrays the actions of the creature. This mainly happened to women. Historians are still trying to figure out why people would accuse others of witchcraft. Some think it was because of the paranoia from the Native American raids. Hallucinogens were also another suggestion

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    What Caused the Salem Witch Trials Hysteria in 1692?    Malik1   Sana Malik  Mrs. Zachary   Social Studies   12/7/14     ​   The Salem Witch Trials in 1692‚ was a series of indescribable events‚ which was powered by  paranoia and fear.The Salem Witch Trials were the examinations‚ trials‚ and executions of  alleged “Witches” beginning in late February 1692 and ending in late October 1692.  Many  guiltless  individuals  were subject to witchcraft‚ that resulted in 19 men and women hung to  death

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    Compare/Contrast Essay 11-15-13 Salem witch trials v McCarthyism The Salem witch trials and the era known as McCarthyism have many similarities as well as differences‚ both reveal times in history when the people weren’t united as one. These two events are hundreds of years apart but reflect so much similarity. Both very tragic but these type of things have to happen so we can learn from them and try not to repeat them in the future. The Salem witch trials occurred in the late 1600’s‚ it all

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    The Salem Witch Trials was a historic event that occurred in Salem‚ Massachusetts in the year 1692 and lasted until 1693. It’s known to be a dark time in American History (Brooks‚ Historyof Massachusetts.org). It first began when a group of teenage girls were exposed of practicing witchcraft and it then lead to bigger things Innocent people were killed and others were treated poorly. More than 200 individuals were wrongfully blamed and 20 were executed for denying the accusations (Blumberg‚ Smithsonianmag

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    Spring 2015 Speech Outline Topic: 1692 Salem Witch Trials Purpose: After listening to my speech‚ the audience will have a better insight on trails‚ how they were started‚ what happened during the trials‚ the aftermath of the trials‚ possible reasons for the sicknesses the women exhibited‚ and why the trials occurred in the first place. Thesis: One of the most famous cases of mass hysteria broke out in Salem‚ Massachusetts. The 1692 Salem Witch Trials forever changed our judicial system. Introduction

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    similarities. One could say that Guantanamo Bay and the legal process/human rights aspects of the Salem witch trials are insanely similar but very different. They are right-there are many similarities and difference between the two. Guantanamo Bay is a detention camp to keep prisoners that are supposedly linked to terrorism held captive while they are caught during war. Now‚ for the Salem witch trials puritans were all about God and making sure that if you are not with God you are with the Devil.

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    the afflicted children to look upon her and see if this was the person that had hurt them so. They all gazed at Goody Good and said that this was the person that tormented them—presently they were all tormented.<br><br>Puritanical beliefs had all of Salem truly believing that witches rode on broomsticks across the sky every night alongside the devil himself. They believed that these mere humans could send their "specter" out and haunt the children of their town. Proof of their belief follows‚ in an

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    and times‚ people were used as escape goats. The people accused‚ usually ended up with the “bad end of the stick”. The Salem Witch Trials‚ The Red Scare‚ and Pearl Harbor are all events in history when people were profiled and treated unfairly‚ and we can learn from these events. During the Salem Witch Trials‚ many people were profiled and treated and unfairly. In the town of Salem‚ the Reverend was Samuel Parris. His niece Abigail daughter Betty were having behavior issues and fell ill. The village

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    during the Salem Witch Trials‚ a series of hearings over a witchcraft scare that took place from June through September of 1692 in Salem‚ Massachusetts. The writer shall include a brief history of the events‚ explain the judicial system of the Trials‚ and give detail to what methods were used to determine fate of a victim. Additionally‚ the writer will explain how the Trials were based on false views that were not supported. The Trials began soon after a few young girls living in Salem began throwing

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    What caused the Salem Witch Trial Hysteria in 1692? "Though shalt not suffer a witch to live"(Bible)! The people of Puritan faith in 1692 concluded they should kill witches with no mercy. In the 1600’s‚ immigrants arrived in the New England colonies. Countless immigrants practiced the Puritan belief. The Puritans believed the Bible was the word of God; they assumed all concepts written were true. The Bible proclaimed killing witches is all right. In 1692‚ in the Puritan town of Salem‚ there was a mass

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