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    city upon the hills went down hill and was not successful. In 1692 the hunt for witches took place in the town of Salem‚ Massachusetts. Many people aren’t really sure what actually caused the Salem witch trials to occur. The towns strict religious beliefs‚ political cooperation and role playing‚ could all have been the cause of the Salem witch trials and hangings. The town of Salem was in the process of become a pure city when strange even started to take place. Young girls named Abigail Williams

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    Was the Salem Witchcraft Hysteria a Product of Women’s Search for Power? The Salem Witchcraft Trials was brought on by some young women. They accused many different people of performing witchcraft. Those who said they were innocent were killed and those who said they were guilty were used to help find more witches. Lyle Koehler says “Yes” in his book‚” A Search for Power: The ‘Weaker Sex’ in Seventeenth-Century New England.” He believes that women wanted more power‚ so they pretended to be

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    There was once a small town called Salem‚ it had been home to many witches‚ warlocks‚ supernatural ghosts and creatures that you would hear in many horror stories until one day all of them had been slaughtered and burnt down by the travellers who call themselves humans and settled down in this town of Salem and called it ‘Shadow valley’ which was situated in north Carolina. Centuries later‚ Shadow valley was like any normal town and its past histories of witches‚ ghosts‚ warlocks and so on‚ were

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    In Rosalyn Schanzer Witches! the absolutely true tale of disaster in Salem‚ in Salem‚ Massachusetts people went into a big rage of accusing people of witchcraft. During the beginning of 1962‚ two girls were diagnosed with being bewitched. They had bad spasms and their body bent in odd ways. However‚ the girls were obviously faking‚ in the trials when the girl stabbed herself‚ the girls either had grudges or their parents did‚ and‚ the kids just wanted to do it for sport. . While the girls might

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    What Caused the Hysteria of the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. What caused the salem trials‚ there are many reasons‚ It could have been because of the things that were going on in Salem but there are many reasons for why this happend‚ I will explain a couple of the reasons‚ many people were accused to be witches‚ many people in salem were killed for being accused of being witches. Know one really knows why this started but it was horrible they were brutally killed and many were in prison. Sometimes

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    Many know of the Salem Witch Trials. The travesty is well known. Stores open to sell merchandise. Libraries open to the public offering tales from the time. But what do we truly know about the trials‚ other than what have heard from our peers‚ our teachers?The story of the Salem Witch Trials continues to fascinate people because it has the potential to teach us lessons about fear and prejudice. Many are not aware of the fact that the trials started after two young girls fell ill and‚ after the town

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    MCCARTHY AND SALEM TRIALS Submitted for course number SSC 105 Readings in World Civilization Research project number 05023800 The topic which I have selected is McCarthyism and Salem witch trials. Basically we will see what are the similar things between them are and what things differentiate them from each other and also the impacts of

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    Based in the New England town of Salem‚ Massachusetts. A group of girls were caught dancing around a fire in the forest screaming. It appeared that they had been conjuring witchcraft. The problem is that they were caught by a man named Reverend Parris. Unlucky for him his daughter Betty was apart of the group who was in the forest. The next day she appears to have fallen into a coma‚ and rumors about Witchcraft start to spread all throughout the town. With rumors spreading around the girls start

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    questioning his audience how the communist were able to be so effective. He said the answer could be “traitorous action" of American who have a high government position. Then he added‚ "I have here in my hand a list of 205 names that were made known to the Secretary of State as being members of the Communist Party and who nevertheless are still working and shaping policy in the State Department." He launched a crusade against subversives‚ which help him to

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    17th Century Massachusetts and the Salem Witch Trials In January of 1692‚ the daughter and niece of Reverend Samuel Parris became ill‚ and when the children’s health did not improve‚ the village doctor William Griggs was called in to help. He swiftly diagnosed the girls with bewitchment and the famous witch trials of Salem took off. Salem had recently had an epidemic of Small Pox and had always had a strong belief in the Devil. These two factors added with the constant fear of attack from warring

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