Mass madness‚ also known as mass hysteria‚ has occurred for centuries around the world. One of the most famous cases in the history of mass hysteria is the Salem Witch Trials. Interestingly‚ there was another outbreak of mass hysteria in the same town‚ now known as Danvers‚ Massachusetts instead of Salem Village‚ in 2013. Instead of accusing community members of witchcraft‚ a group of teenagers at the Essex Agricultural and Technical School reported inexplicable symptoms such as uncontrollable vocal
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but nowadays we treat them completely differently. We invite them into our house‚ give them candy‚ and strike conversations with them‚ that is at least on halloween. In the late 1600s many older men and women were being caught as being “witches” in Salem‚ Massachusetts.These witch trials were being caused by young girls who were pretending just to get ergotism‚ attention‚ and eventually after one lie they got out control really quickly. Witch trials were mainly caused by young girls hallucinating
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Salem Witch Trial: Hangings Michelle Woodring Mr. Yates American Literature 1 May 2010 Salem Witch Trial: Hangings Theses— There were many casualties of the Salem Witch Trials and there are still many mysteries today. * Salem History and Background * Witch Craft Starting * Symptoms of Witch Craft * People Accused of Witch Craft * Trials * Hangings * End of the Witch Hunt Michelle Woodring Mr. Yates American Literature 1 May 2010 Salem Witch Trials:
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Salem Village in 1869 was a small town filled with witchcraft‚ possession and ultimate fear. For ten months trials prosecuting innocent civilians‚ 19 resulting fatal‚ took place. Betty and Abigail Williams‚ two young girls‚ were the first in this domino effect that took place; claiming that they had been “ bitten and pinched by invisible agents; their arms‚ neck and backs turned this way and that way‚ and back again”. Betty soon began complaining of “prickling sensations and feelings of being choked”
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Puritans and the Salem Witch Trials During the time period of 1691 to 1692 the town of Salem‚ a small thriving community within the Puritan Massachusetts Bay colony‚ was struck by widespread hysteria in the form of witch trials. The way these trials and accusations played out are historically unlike any other witch trials found in European and American history. Historians have pointed to a number of economic‚ political‚ and social changes of the then existing institutions throughout the Massachusetts
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sickness and questionable actions due to fungus on rye. Even though there are many theories as to why the girls of the Salem witch trials made accusations‚ the two most believable are that there was fungus growing on the rye and the girls suffered from an outbreak of encephalitis because the girls showed signs of sickness and questionable actions. In February 1692‚ the people of Salem were all caught up in a case of mass hysteria: (Saxon). Eight girls ruled the town by accusing their neighbors of
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why it started all line up. Spring of 1692 in Salem village‚ Massachusetts was where the Salem witch trials took place ("Salem Witch Trials"). People noticed that a group of young girls looked to be taken over by the devil ("Salem Witch Trials"). The mayor decided to make a “witch cake” which helps the person who is possessed tell who is there tormenter ("Salem Witch Trials"). The girls said three names Sarah Osborne‚ Sarah Good‚ and Tituba Indian ("Salem Witch Trials"). Out of the three women Sarah
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What was the Salem Witch Trials? The Salem Witch Trials was a peroid of time in which many women and men were being accused of witchcraft. The victims of the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 were tormented (and most were put to death) by being burned at the stake‚ hung‚ etc. for being accused of witchcraft‚ and being found guilty by a jury and/or a judge. The aftermath resualted in crop failure‚ depression and a new nickname for the town. Where and when it all began:The Salem Witch Trials began on February
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The Salem Witch Trials of 1692 In colonial Massachusetts between February of 1692 and May of 1963 over one hundred and fifty people were arrested and imprisoned for the capital felony of witchcraft. Trials were held in Salem Village‚ Ipswich‚ Andover and Salem Town of Essex County of Massachusetts‚ but accusations of witchcraft occurred in surrounding counties as well. Nineteen of the accused‚ fourteen women and five men‚ were hanged at Gallows Hill near Salem Village. Hysteria had swept through
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The Salem Witch Trials & McCarthyism: The Motivation of Power In the past‚ certain individuals have been able to gain complete control over society and have a negative impact on it. The late 1600’s and mid 1900’s were times of chaos and political hysteria in America which were caused by rumors started by very powerful people‚ resulting in the deaths and imprisonment of several innocent citizens. Starting in 1692 in Salem‚ Massachusetts‚ a series of witch hunts and trials for those accused of witchcraft
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