The Salem Witch Trials of 1692 was a time of panic and bedlam. Men and women of all ages were being “inhabited by the Devil” in turn making them witches. During the 1600s‚ English immigrants arrived in New England‚ a number of them being Puritans. The Puritans were Protestant Christians who were unhappy with the way England practiced Christianity so they moved to New England for a fresh start. However‚ once it was the 17th century‚ witchcraft became more well known and people became more worried
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History 101 B020 Sum 13 Michael King July 21‚ 2013 The Salem Witch Trails started in Massachusetts from 1692 and lasted until 1693. There was about 200 people who were accused of practicing witchcraft‚ or Devil’s Magic‚ and about twenty of them were executed. Soon after the trials‚ the colonist admitted the trials were a mistake and the families of those who were executed were paid or compensated for their loss. During this time‚ many Christians believed that certain people
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June 10‚ 1692 Bridget Bishop ‚ a young women from Salem‚ was hanged to death. Bridget Bishop what hanged for witchcraft. Two little girls from the town accused Bridget Bishop of making them act weird . At the trial when she was shaking her head to answer the question the girls started to shake and fall onto the ground. They later accused her that her body movement influenced them to shake so she was hung to death. What caused the mysterious superstition of people being witches? one possibility is
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the ranting of some crazy people. In the 1600’s‚ we had the Salem witch trials‚ and as described in the book‚ "The Crucible"‚ a group of girls falsely accuse their neighbors of witchcraft‚ and regular‚ innocent people are hung. Then‚ in the 1950’s‚ a man named Joseph McCarthy sparked a craze of accusing people‚ mainly government officials‚ of being communist‚ thus scarring their careers. The McCarthy hearing are similar to the Salem witch hunt because the accuser exaggerates and fabricates evidence
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the catalyst of the trials because of her relationship with Abigail Williams and how Elizabeth treated her husband. John Proctor has fights in which Elizabeth starts that make her look bad. She also had acted very poorly to Abigail after her affair with John that kick started a lot of events that lead to the trials. “I know you clutched my back” (Miller 14).Elizabeth proctor is the catalyst of the Salem witch trials. Elizabeth proctor is the catalyst for the Salem witch trials because of her relationship
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The Salem Witch Hysteria of 1692‚ in Massachusetts‚ was a period of time in which many men and women were executed under the suspicion of being witches. However‚ the true reason behind the killings is still unclear. As evidence shows‚ it is highly probable that the witch trials were‚ at the most basic level‚ caused by social class differences‚ religious beliefs‚ and the fact that the supposed “afflicted” were lying. It is most likely that social class differences led to the Salem Witch Trials. As
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The Salem witch hunt was a wave of paranoia and ignorance and caused hundreds of innocent people to die. This started in in the spring of 1692 and did not end until September in 1962 because people really stared to doubt the truthfulness of the trials. The first convicted witch was a woman by the name of Bridget bishop. This was a large impact on history and even had many books such as the crucible and many others. The other main cause is that back in this time most people did not understand things
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character. They are wrong‚ do you know where witches even came from? Not a fairy tale book. It comes from long ago in Salem‚ Massachusetts. It was the summer of 1692‚ the people of Salem started getting accused of being witches. So everyone joined in and started accusing others. What was the cause of this nonsense? Some might say religion. However‚ in my opinion jealousy is what started the trials. There is more evidence that suggests poor women want the richer women dead to take their husbands and money
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Chloe Mr. Lesandrini AP English 11 Language and Composition 10 December 2012 “Witch Hunt” Expository Essay A witch-hunt is not limited to one particular event in history. Many key events throughout time relate very closely to these acts of misunderstanding and unjustified killings. For instance‚ The Crucible by Arthur Miller was written to portray the Salem Witch Trials in a fictional view although based on true events. Miller in fact based this play after Joseph McCarthy’s Red scare
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Shadowed judgment: Why the Salem witch trials were led by selfish men. Judge Danforth‚ Hawthorne and Parris all have one thing in common. They resist the evidence that Proctor and Giles gives them due to their own personal follies. Whether it is for pride‚ greed‚ or power‚ their names will grow in reputation for all of it. All three of these men have unethical reasons for ignoring all of the evidence against the Salem witch trials that they think will result in their own personal gain. Judge Danforth
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