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    The Salem Witch Trials Salem The Salem witch trials and hysteria first began‚ during the spring of 1692‚ when two young girls‚ Elizabeth Parris and Abigail Williams‚ started having uncontrollable fits that consisted of screaming and contortions. Several other girls‚ such as Mercy Lewis‚ Elizabeth Hubbard‚ and Ann Putnam Jr.‚ from Salem were also diagnosed with similar symptoms. After seeing the local doctor‚ William Griggs‚ he decided on the diagnosis of bewitchment. This lead the people to wonder

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    was the Salem Witch Trials? The Salem Witch Trials was a peroid of time in which many women and men were being accused of witchcraft. The victims of the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 were tormented (and most were put to death) by being burned at the stake‚ hung‚ etc. for being accused of witchcraft‚ and being found guilty by a jury and/or a judge. The aftermath resualted in crop failure‚ depression and a new nickname for the town. Where and when it all began:The Salem Witch Trials began on February 29

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    Puritans and the Salem Witch Trials During the time period of 1691 to 1692 the town of Salem‚ a small thriving community within the Puritan Massachusetts Bay colony‚ was struck by widespread hysteria in the form of witch trials. The way these trials and accusations played out are historically unlike any other witch trials found in European and American history. Historians have pointed to a number of economic‚ political‚ and social changes of the then existing institutions throughout the Massachusetts

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    Witch Trials began. During this time the community of Salem‚ Massachusetts were Christians who were in constant fear of the Devil. They feared that the Devil was continuously trying to destroy their Christian community. They were isolated in this New World and often frightened because of the thought of the Devil taking over their lives. They were also under a lot of stress‚ trying to make it in the New World‚ which only put more pressure on them. Then the trigger happened to start the trials when

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    Humanities 202-01H Michael Crowell Unit 2 Short Writing Assignment- Chapters 14-15 A Seventeenth Century Witch Trial Brian Croteau A Seventeenth-Century Witch Trial is about a woman named Suzanne Gaudry‚ an illiterate woman‚ who is accused of practicing witchcraft. The charges against Suzanne include renouncing “God‚ Lent‚ and baptism.” She was also charged with worshiping the devil‚ attending witches’ Sabbaths‚ and desecrating the Eucharist wafer. Suzanne was questioned by the court

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    In New England‚ mass agitation and paranoia resulted in a notorious episode of American history known as the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. What started as an amount of accusations from a group of girls‚ turned into a series of disastrous events. These girls accused several local woman of the small town of Salem located in the state of Massachusetts of playing with the devil‚ casting spells and being witches. This series of events was considered a new phenomenon in America‚ but across Europe it was

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    The Salem Witch Trials of colonial Massachusetts is an infamous event known throughout the entirety of the world. This is a result of the unnecessary executions of a collection of people. The bloodshed of the number of citizens is referred to as unnecessary for the reason that the trials were supposedly surrounded by paranormal activity. Proof that the accused legitimately participated in demonic activities such as witchcraft was incapable of being found. Although it may be factual that it could

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    Modern-Day Witch Trial The McMartin Preschool Abuse Trial was anything but quick and simple. The case lasted a total of seven years‚ and cost the government $15 million dollars (Source F). Peggy McMartin Bukey and her son Raymond along with a few other teachers were accused of a crime that would change their lives forever. The charges consisted of everything from animal sacrifice to pornography and satanic rituals. (Source D). It first began with Judy Johnson‚ mother of one of the preschool’s young

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    The Salem Witch Trials The idea of witchcraft has been a controversial topic since the begging of time however‚ witchcraft became better known in 1692‚ with the begging of the Salem witch trials. Many stories have been written about the Salem witch trials. Some are found in journals‚ other stories are exaggerated from those journals. The comparison of historical facts and the play the Crucible are the perfect example of an exaggerated actual event. During the Salem witch trials‚ Tituba was asked

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    that may have played a role in many of history’s mysterious events. Some speculations are that girls suffered from sickness and questionable actions due to fungus on rye. Even though there are many theories as to why the girls of the Salem witch trials made accusations‚ the two most believable are that there was fungus growing on the rye and the girls suffered from an outbreak of encephalitis because the girls showed signs of sickness and questionable actions. In February 1692‚ the people of Salem

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