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    the Salem Witch Trials stemmed from sheer ignorance from the Puritan people. The first factor in the ignorance displayed by the people of Salem was a result of their religion. The Puritans held a firm belief in the Bible and had a strict interpretation of the meaning of what was in the Bible. So they took the Bible passage that reads‚ "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live‚" seriously. I think that this is the very root of the problem: ignorance as a result of religion. Had the people of Salem not

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    wolves. As with all witch-hunts…” "Beatdom #11: The Nature Issue." Goodreads. N.p.‚ n.d. Web”. The Salem witch trials brought about hostility within a community causing unwarranted chaos and corruption in the small town of Salem Mass. Furthermore‚ these events lead to witch trials becoming a problem in Salem. The Salem witch trials had started with a domino effect of trials such as‚ “The infamous Salem witch trials began during the spring of 1692‚ after a group of young girls in Salem Village‚

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    a time of devastation‚ depression‚ and tragedy in Salem‚ Massachusetts due to the Salem Witch Trials. All of the facts can be found in Rosalyn Schanzer’s book Witches! The Absolutley True Tale Of Disaster in Salem. The Salem Witch Trials went on from 1692 to 1693. The trials resulted in the death of twenty people. Many sources believe that there could have been more than one cause of the Salem Witch Trials. The main three causes of the Salem Witch Trials are superstition‚ teenage hysteria‚ and Puritan

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    describes how being put thought the Salem witch trials of 1692 brought out the true essence of various characters. Arthur Miller shows that the various victims who were put through trials would confess to save themselves and also the difficulties they had to face during their trial period. Characters like John Proctor‚ Giles Corey‚ and Reverend Hale were put through different kinds of trials each different from the others. Each of these trials brings out the true essence of the characters and how the

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    there in a court room being accused for being a witch. Sadly this is what happened in the Salem Witch Trials‚ which occurred in Salem‚ Massachusetts. The Salem Witch Trials were a dark time in American history‚ because innocent people were hanged. This was a period of time were villagers were accusing each other of being witches. Twenty people were hanged because of villagers accusing them of practicing witch craft. The Salem Witch Trials occurred in Salem‚ Massachusetts. This began in the winter of

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    Holocaust really necessary? Was the Salem Witch Trials really necessary? Was there any reason for it at all? Just like the Salem Witch trials there was no real evidence‚ need‚ or reason for The holocaust. Because somebody said this‚ or somebody believed in this‚ many people lost their lives with no real‚ strong reason for it. Most of it were caused by mass hysteria‚ something that does not happen much today. The Holocaust was very much like the The Salem Witch Trials. A Lot of people died for no

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    The Continuity and Change of England Great Britain evolved a great deal throughout the Enlightenment and World War 1 from the 1600s-1920‚ which led to an unstable power balance in the monarchy because of the new ideas that began to take root in society‚ quickly pushing out the old ones. However‚ throughout the years‚ England remained a strong and powerful empire with imperial motives. The Enlightenment was a movement deeply rooted in politics. Up until the early 1600s the power and authority

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    In many ways‚ Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s idea for a new government worked. The New Deal changed government in the United States for almost a century. The New Deal’s main purpose was to focus on the three R’s‚ Reform‚ Recovery‚ and Relief. Now this was no easy task because he had to fix the damage that was done during the Great Depression of 29’. When FDR took office people were suffering because so many people were left jobless as a result of the Great Depression. There was a shortage of food which

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    During the spring of 1692 the salem witch trials was caused because many women and men and children had believed that they were possessed by the devil. Many of the accused were put on trial and later hung. If they could not recite the Lord’s prayer then they were considered a witch. Other women who denied they were not possessed by the devil and many others agreed were forgiven of all there sins. Several different women and kids were caught in the woods dancing naked around a pot of an

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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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