Rhode Island. This proves that the Massachusetts Bay Colony was only religiously tolerant to Puritans and gave others different political rights. Moreover‚ 1564 at Fort Caroline was completed only to survive a year till the Spanish St. Augustine. Commander Pedro Avilés wrote to King Philip II that he had “hanged all those we had found in because . . . they were scattering the odious Lutheran doctrine in these Provinces.” Furthermore‚ Puritan Boston believed Catholics and other Non-Puritans were anathemas
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The Salem Witch Trials began in spring 1692 in Salem Village‚ which is now known as Danvers. Believing in the supernatural was common in colonial New England since the 14th century after it first emerged in Europe. People believed specifically that the devil would give certain people‚ namely witches‚ the power to hurt others in exchange for their loyalty. Additionally‚ there were other recent events‚ such as a British war against France‚ a smallpox epidemic‚ fears of attacks from neighboring Native
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is presented upon the person. Society back in Salem Massachusetts of 1692 believes there are witches among the town. Anyone who doesn’t believe there are any is automatically assumed to be working with the devil or is a witch. Religion may or may not be a big factor in the results of the Salem Witch Trials. Religion has not only been part of the Salem’s government system‚ but it has also been affecting the decisions of society. Puritans (people in Salem) have been entitled to their reputations. Anything
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The Salem witch crisis‚ which occurred during the 17th century‚ involved a series of hearings and prosecutions of individuals in the Salem community who were accused of witchcraft. This crisis began in mid-January when the daughter and niece (Betty Parris and Abigail Williams) started having fits after playing with white magic (Wilson‚ 7). This was followed by more cases of alleged afflictions as other girls in the neighborhood started showing similar behaviors. The more afflictions also led to a
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The New Nation Forms The Witches of Salem/The Salem Witch Trials “The devil came to me and bid me serve him” (Blumburg). According to Jess Blumburg‚ a writer and a historian‚ these were the words that started the Salem witch trials. Tituba was a slave living with the Parris family when she was swept away into the nonsense that was the Salem witch trials. The Salem witch trials happened in Massachusetts in 1692 and 1693. Around 200 people‚ in the town of salem‚ were accused of witchcraft‚ and twenty
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English settlers. There was an exceptionally difficult time in Salem‚ Massachusetts in the early 1690s. This was the year that the Salem Witch Trials began. It was a time where none of the townsfolk trusted anyone and reports people for the silliest of things. These reportings lead to a series of cases of witchcraft in Massachusetts. These trials began in February of 1692 and drew out till 1693. It was one brutal year for the colonists of Salem that year (Brooks). It all started out in January of 1692
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Puritan Communities: Was Salem Village Unique? Salem village in 1692 is something every student learns about in their basic American history course. They learn about the witchcraft trials‚ and the hangings that followed. They learn about Increase and Cotton Mather‚ father and son on opposite sides of the issue of witchcraft. If they are lucky‚ they learn about Rev. Samuel Parris and what led some to like him and his judgments‚ and others to despise him. But they do not typically learn about the
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The Salem witchcraft trials of 1692 to 1693 was composed of a series of hearings as well as prosecutions of people‚ mostly young women‚ who were said to exhibit unusual behavior in Salem‚ Massachusetts. This behavior was classified as “witchcraft” and those who practiced it were claimed to be possessed by the devil. The idea began when a number of young girls started to take part in fortune-telling games‚ but the Puritan society on Massachusetts saw these abnormal events to be a sin‚ and decided
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Witchcraft Trials in Salem: A Commentary‚ it is acknowledged that‚ “The cause of her symptoms may have been some combination of stress‚ asthma‚ guilt‚ boredom‚ child abuse‚ epilepsy‚ and delusional psychosis” (Linder). Many of the possible symptoms may have caused the outbreak‚ yet delusional psychosis is more sensible. The form of a mental disorder causing the symptoms is a probable cause. The people of Salem were completely oblivious to the additional causes of the accusations. Salem could have avoided
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Theory of the Salem Witch Trials The Salem Witch Trials were a dark time in the history of America. There were people killed for being a “witch”. Whether they were or not‚ they tested them with various ways of torture. From being hung‚ to being tied to a rock and thrown in a lake; if they survived‚ they were a witch‚ if they died‚ they weren’t. The Puritans came up with many different theories of witchcraft for various problems. Whether it was for the weather‚ lack of crop growth‚ or if someone
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