US History October 3 2013 The Salem Witch Trials In January 1692‚ A hysteria developed in a Salem Village located in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The beginning of the Salem Witch Trials started when two girls‚ Betty Parris‚ 9 years old and Abigail Williams‚ 11 years old began acting strangely. They began by having “fits” that could not be explained by the local doctor. The doctor who had no explanation for the fits or convulsion like symptoms deemed it witchcraft. This was the beginning
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The Salem Witch Trials Claudia Henry Survey of American History I Professor Craig Lowry December 11‚ 2014 In 1692‚ what is currently known as Danvers‚ was actually known as Salem Village. Salem Village was located in Massachusetts. At the time‚ Massachusetts was not a state‚ but it was actually an English colony. (Yolen‚ 2004) Life in Salem Village was most certainly a difficult one. There was no electricity‚ running water‚ or any form of motorized transportation
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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 politics. The first cause of the Salem Witch Trials was fear of superstition
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Once upon a time‚ in a far off place‚ a trial began. The long‚ devastating‚ stupid and insane set of witch trials that lasted over a year. This series of accusations is often known as the Salem Witch Trials. A book that describes this is Witches! The Absolutely True Tale Of Disaster In Salem by Rosalyn Schanzer.The trials took place in Salem‚ Massachusetts where people were accused for the use of witchcraft. However‚ all most of the people Puritans. They believed that there were witches‚ servants
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Salem Witch Trials Colonial times; a time without the technology we have today. It was a simpler time‚ with log cabins and woven clothes galore. It would seem like an ordinary‚ peaceful day‚ with the townsfolk doing their whereabouts. Nothing would seem to ever go wrong in this placid village. However‚ things took a turn for the worst. Groups of people began to suffer violent contortions and uncontrollable outburst of screaming. Later‚ these people would claim to be under the spell of witchcraft
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Meet Ann Putnam Jr. at 12 years old who played a very important part in the witch trials of 1692 as one of three afflicted kids.Anna was the daughter of the Salem witch trials leader. She was born on October 18‚1679 in Salem Massachusetts‚she was one of three children‚ Thomas and Ann were her siblings and she was the eldest. In March‚1692 she proclaimed to be affiliated. At this time‚ Ann’s Mother Ann was still mourning the death of her daughter and she claimed that later she had been attacked
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the jailing of 342 people. The Salem Witch Trials began after young girls in Salem claimed to be possessed by the Devil and started holding local women of Salem accountable of witchcraft. The effects the Salem Witch Trials had on the colony were separation of the church and the state and mass hysteria. In the 17th century‚ witchcraft was a serious crime‚ and convicted witches could be put to death. The following will discuss what the Salem Witch trials were‚ what happened during the time frame‚ and
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The Salem Witch Trials In 1692‚ a group of teenage girls were accused of being demonically possessed. This fear and uncertainty caused people to create a mythological supernatural being which they called ”witches.” Humans tend to make up stories or creatures to hide the reality of things or because it is something which they can not understand and that is exactly what they did during that time. Today people still believe that witches walk among us and we can not even tell the difference. Salem‚
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The Salem Witch Trials began around the time of 1692. In history it is a mass hysteria for people on the "witch hunt". This is the time where people went on witch hunts to accuse those who were guilty of being involved in witch craft. This unfortunate event occurred in the town of Boston‚ Massachusetts. The Salem Witch Trials were an inevitable tragedy because of Puritan life-style‚ the determination of prosecution‚ economic conditions and teenage boredom. In the town of Boston the life-style
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were alleged as witches denied any wrongdoing but because of Tituba’s testimony‚ the view of the people changed. Many were condemned‚ mainly starting with those who were looked down upon by the townspeople but later more respected people were put on trial. Most "witches" were found guilty of witchcraft and were subsequently put to death. The irony of this situation
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