give you a real “trick or treat”. A little history lesson for those who are unaware. This award-winning play is basically focused on the case of Lizzie Borden‚ who was tried but ultimately cleared of the murder of her father and stepmother in Massachusetts‚ 1892. Since the case never actually reached a verdict‚ people to this day are still knocked-for-six as to
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The Puritan Society Imagine having to leave your home because you cannot practice your religion freely. This was reality for the Puritans in England before they took a long journey to an unknown land in Salem‚ Massachusetts. There‚ they struggled to settle into a strict‚ religious lifestyle. They followed their Bible and went to Church. They also had harsh punishments for treason as well as other forms of crime. The Puritans were people with a strong belief system that led to irrational
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He constructed the Massachusetts new Constitution that was the first to be ratified by the people of the state and feature all three branches of power and the executives two/thirds veto power. His role as a diplomat in France helped develope the Treaty of Paris and ended up stopping
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seeking a haven after being discriminated in the Old World and because of their shared religious beliefs this allowed them to develop communities harmoniously‚ while having the same end goal‚ being a model for the world. The first governor of Massachusetts Bay colony‚ John Winthrop‚ wrote A Model of Christian Charity and said‚ “knit together in this work as one man… community as members of the same body… a city upon a hill… the eyes of all people are upon us” (Doc.
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Life in early Massachusetts was much different than what it is today. Salem was split into two different parts‚ Salem Town and Salem Village (Hoffer n.pag.). Salem Town was considered more clean kept and less violence whereas Salem village was known for it’s crime and sickness. Due to disputed property and political office‚ two families‚ the Putnams and the Porters‚ caused the most problem throughout the town. Puritans were considered very strict and abnormal compared to the present (Plouffe and
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was written in 1630 by the Puritan leader John Winthrop while the first group of Puritan emigrants was still onboard their ship‚ the Arbella‚ waiting to land and settle in what would become New England. By 1629 a lot of puritan had migrated to Massachusetts which is also referred as “Great Migration .The “City upon a Hill” was Puritan pridefulness. They thought they were perfect‚ a city on a hill that everyone else would admire and want to emulate. The “Great Migration” ended around 1639 to 1642 and
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life. On October 27th‚ 1663 the first known history of Mary Dyer was noted. She married William Dyer‚ a very successful merchant‚ in London. William and Mary added on to the family by giving birth to six children. In 1635 they all migrated to the Massachusetts Bay colony where they had been accepted as members of the Church of Boston. They both realized they found themselves in a place full of controversy involving antinomianism which is holding under the Gospel that moral law is not useful for salvation
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Crisis demands change in the behaviour of individuals to free the community from the conflict it faces. Geraldine Brooks’‚ novel ‘Year of Wonders’ and Arthur Miller’s‚ play ‘The Crucible’ both see characters undergo great tests in their morals as humans when faced with morality. Some such as Elizabeth Proctor and Anna Frith demonstrates loyalty and self-integrity‚ while other characters like Abigail Williams and Jos Bont use lies‚ manipulation and betrayal during the hysteria to better their own
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During Colonization there were troubles with Native Americans (disease‚ Indian Wars‚ Massachusetts Bay)‚ John Winthrop and the city on a hill‚ Puritans‚ Role of religion in society‚ the American Dream (social mobility‚ land‚ and a fresh start.) During the Revolution the main people were Benjamin Franklin‚ John Locke‚ and Phillis Wheatley. Some ideas during this time were the Enlightenment which was the belief of science and guides to life. Finally for Popular Sovereignty it was for the Kansas/Nebraska
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analyst believe that she did this because of her time frame she lived in. And that she should be pardoned because outside forces made her the way she was. Abigail lived in a time-period now called the salem witch trials‚ this took place in Salem‚ Massachusetts in 1692. During this time males where the more powerful gender and women were paid very little attention too. So many women were afraid of most men. So when Abigail and 2 other girls gathered around a fire late at night and were practicing “exorcism”
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