What caused the Salem witch hunts? | Michael Kimbrough October 3‚ 2012 | The Salem witch trials happen in colonial Massachusetts between 1692 and 1693. More than 200 people were accused of practicing witchcraft. Some of the colony eventually admitted that the trials were a mistake and compensated the families of those convicted. Since then‚ the story of the trials has become famous with paranoia and injustice‚ and it continues to be in peoples imagination more than 300 years later. | |
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Chicago Fire was a disaster of devastation‚ and most likely the worst disaster of the 19th century. The tragedy killed more than 300 people and left more than 100‚000 people without homes. Not only did the conflagration take a human toll‚ but the fire caused 200 million dollars in property damage and decimated more than three square miles of the city of Chicago. Despite speculation on the true cause of the fire‚ Emily Upton describes natural factors that allowed the fire to become a monstrous conflagration
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was rooted early in the 20th century. World War I caused a huge demand from Europeans wanting American made goods. Europe received these goods on on a credit basis due to the lack of funds caused by the strain of war. What was thought of to be a good idea by Americans and Europeans alike ended up being the main cause of the depression. The United States economy was ruined for many years due to the piles of debt that the multitude of loans caused. The stock market crashed of 1929 began a downward
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WHAT CAUSED THE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR IN 1642? Intro: In this assessment I will be explaining to you what caused the English civil war in 1642 and the main reasons why it happened. I will be writing the causes related to these three factors: Money‚ religion‚ power. Money: The first cause of the war related to money‚ was at 1629 when Charles ordered that everyone in the country should pay Ship Money and the people who refused to pay were arrested. This helped cause the civil war because many
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The Stock Market Crash of 1929 was devastating to the American economy‚ which up to that point had been thriving with ever increasing economic returns for investors and a bull market‚ which encouraged buying. The cause of the crash has been attributed to many things‚ but there is one underlying factor to all of the possible hypotheses‚ and that is the fact that more people in the population had more disposable income in the years leading up to the crash. Those people in the population who had moved
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financial giants: ...caused a global recession that cost tens of trillions of dollars‚ rendered over thirty million people unemployed worldwide‚ and doubled he national debt of the United States. (Ferguson 11:19) It doesn’t seem plausible that two companies’ failures would be significant enough to have such a drastic impact on the world economy. Furthermore‚ how did their collapses happen without anyone being aware of its impending demise? “This crisis was not an accident. It was caused by an out of
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Before we move on to overpopulation problems‚ we need to know about the various factors that are responsible for this incessant rise in population. Significant improvement in quality of life and basic health services has resulted in decline in death rate‚ and at the same time has caused an increase in the birth rate. Continuous migration of people from underdeveloped areas to developed areas has triggered an unnatural growth in population in developed areas‚ thus‚ putting immense pressure on available
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History What caused The Fall Of The Roman Empire? By : Ileri Akinosun To a small extent the Barbarian invasion played a factor in the collapse of Rome but the main reasons why Rome collapsed was because of the political factors‚ economic causes and Christianity. There was lack of organization in the Roman government. The Roman government was made for small city-states and not for a huge empire of that of Rome‚ which made it very difficult and hard to control and rule over. The Emperors did not
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monetary policies when it should have done the opposite. Bernanke highlighted its five critical mistakes. 1. The Fed began raising the fed funds rate in the spring of 1928. It kept increasing it through a recession that began August 1929. That’s what caused the stock market crash in October 1929. 2. When the stock market crashed‚ investors turned to the currency markets. At that time‚ the gold standard supported the value of the dollars held by the U.S. government. Speculators began trading in their
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Topic- Dental problems and how to prevent them Specific Purpose: To inform the class about the 3 most common dental problems and how they can be prevented Thesis Statement: I am going to tell you about the 3 most common dental problems which are gum disease‚ bad breath‚ and mouth ulcers and also ways to prevent them. Introduction: Don’t you wish we could get away with eating anything and not worry about problems occurring in the mouth like cavities which then lead to getting fillings‚ your gums
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