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    The Salem Witch Trial The Salem Witchcraft was a series of undesirable events‚ which was powered by paranoia and fear. Though several witch trials occurred before the Salem Witch Trial‚ this was the most well known of all. Many innocent people were accused of witchcraft which resulted to 19 men and women that were hanged‚ 17 innocents that died in unsanitary prisons‚ and an 80-year old man that was crushed to death by putting stones on top of his stomach until he confesses (movie: The Crucible)

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    teacher when you finish the Develop an Outline lesson in this unit. (5 points) 1. Write a title for your paper that clearly states the topic. The Salem Witch Trials (25 points) 2. Write your thesis statement. Your thesis should state a fact about history and state your idea about the fact. The events that took place in Salem in 1692 are a part of a greater pattern throughout our history to persecute innocent people‚ especially women‚ as "witches”. (70 points) 3. Develop a

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    During the 1600s something devastating was going on in America. The Salem witch trials in Massachusetts. But I bet you didn’t know the same thing was going on in Europe at the same time. The Salem witch trials and European witch hunts had a lot of things in common‚ yet they had their differences as well. People accused other people of being witches all the time‚ then when people started believing that is when the hysteria kicked in. The thought of witches being in their presence terrified them. They

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    The Heretic’s Daughter         In the novel‚ The Heretic’s Daughter by Kathleen Kent we witness great historical significance in the years surrounding the Salem witch trials. For one‚ the author’s ancestor was Martha Carrier‚ a key character in the novel and also known as the “Queen of Hell”‚ who was among the first of women to be accused of witchcraft. In this specific novel we relive the horrors that nine year old Sarah Carrier must face along with her family. The hysteria during the year of 1692

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    The Salem Witch Trials A Witchcraft Outbreak that Created a Judicial Revival Taylor D. Anderson 4/27/2012 HIUS 221-002 Mrs. Shelly Bailles The Salem Witch Trials A Witchcraft Outbreak that Created a Judicial Revival Taylor D. Anderson 4/27/2012 HIUS 221-002 Mrs. Shelly Bailles The words “Innocent until proven guilty” were four simple words intended to protect innocent lives and ensure that no unfair punishments are faced. These four simple words are words that the citizens of

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    The Salem Witch Trials began in Salem‚ Massachusetts; the massacres could have been caused‚ historians believe‚ by many reasons such as the seclusion of the village‚ sickness‚ and overall boredom. The trials have many mysteries surrounding them. Historians still cannot come up with one specific cause that caused the ordeal to happen in the first place. They do have‚ however‚ the basics of it with some of the mysteries thrown in. Many accounts of the Salem Witch Trials all have something in common

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    Some people say that the Salem Witch Trials were less a religious persecution than economic in purpose‚ using religion as a guise to gain property. I believe that the Salem witch trials were less a religious persecution than economical. I believe this for several reasons; one being that the accused witches were using their witchcraft on other people in the town and it was affecting them. Many people were accused of performing witchcraft and were persecuted for doing so. But I believe that people

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    when three black circus workers were attacked and illegally lynched by a mob in Duluth‚ Minnesota. Those innocent deaths led by false accusations supported with no evidence‚ fear and motives can relate to those wrongfully and legally hung in The Salem Witch trials. Even though the trials took place three centuries ago‚ similar unjustified deaths and persecution of people based on fear and social instability continued on to the 20th century.  In the year 1920‚ America was in the midst of a violent

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    Many assumptions have been made by historians to explain the occurrence of the Salem witchcraft trials‚ and on why the afflicted girls behaved the way they did‚ but yet there still seems to remain a sense of doubt on this issue. It seems that this case is not just because of one factor such as Ergotism‚ but several more. The affliction started by mind suggestion. The early beliefs and superstitions in Puritanical society that were practiced on an everyday basis supported the idea that the behaviors

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    witchcraft swept through Salem‚ Massachusetts‚ like a plague. During the years of 1692 and 1693‚ more than 200 people—men‚ women‚ and even children—were accused of witchcraft (Blumberg). Words of friends‚ neighbors‚ and even complete strangers put many people’s lives in danger. Nineteen people were hanged‚ one person pressed to death‚ and four known deaths occurred in prison. The accusations‚ the trials‚ the executions‚ and the events leading up to and after the deaths‚ kept Salem‚ Massachusetts on its

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