am writing to you from my jail cell in the hope that you will publish my letter and let the world know my story. I was born as Sarah Warren in Watertown‚ Massachusetts in 1643. In 1662‚ at age 19‚ I married Robert Prince‚ a Salem Villager. He purchased a 150-acre farm‚ in Salem Village‚ next to Captain John Putman’s farm‚ and I moved in with him. Putman was our neighbor‚ my husband’s brother-in-law‚ and the executor of my husband’s will. We had two sons‚ whom we named Joseph and James‚ and a daughter
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can two events that happened hundreds of years apart be strikingly similar? The themes and events of the Salem witch trails and McCarthyism era are very similar but still very different. The two events happened in the US history. The Salem witch trails happened in the year 1692 ‚ while the McCarthyism era was going on in the 1950-60 . The events happened 258 years apart. In both the witch trails and McCarthyism the accusations where based on pointless facts. “They be telling lies about my wife”
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McCarthyism vs Witch Trials Does history repeat itself? Back in 1692‚ a couple of teenage girls decided to have a little fun with witchcraft. That little game turned into a “death play” with thousands of lives being taken away by simply having someone point a finger and say one’s name. Likewise in the early 1950s‚ we saw a similar type of witchcraft happen because of the fear of communism. Hundreds of lives and careers were ruined because people were naming names to save themselves. Numerous
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In 1692 the area of Salem town and Salem village became very vulnerable to conflict. Severe weather such as hurricanes had damaged land and crops‚ the effects of King Phillips War began to impact New England society‚ and colonists were being forced off of the frontiers by Native peoples. The Church and the government were in heavy conflict. And those residing in Salem began to grow suspicious of one another when some prospered and others hadn ’t (Marcus‚ p13). Suddenly people seemed very paranoid
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Some of the causes of the Salem Witchcraft Trials are boredom‚ strong believe in occult‚ disputes/rivalries or personal differences‚ ergot poisoning‚ and a cold weather theory. After the girls were caught dancing in the woods and Parris saw everything that’s when everything started. Parris starts to question the girls and they come up with wild acquisitions‚ to avoid trouble. I feel like boredom took toll on the girls because is in the late 1600’s they didn’t have nothing better to do. So I feel
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History 101 B020 Sum 13 Michael King July 21‚ 2013 The Salem Witch Trails started in Massachusetts from 1692 and lasted until 1693. There was about 200 people who were accused of practicing witchcraft‚ or Devil’s Magic‚ and about twenty of them were executed. Soon after the trials‚ the colonist admitted the trials were a mistake and the families of those who were executed were paid or compensated for their loss. During this time‚ many Christians believed that certain people
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June 10‚ 1692 Bridget Bishop ‚ a young women from Salem‚ was hanged to death. Bridget Bishop what hanged for witchcraft. Two little girls from the town accused Bridget Bishop of making them act weird . At the trial when she was shaking her head to answer the question the girls started to shake and fall onto the ground. They later accused her that her body movement influenced them to shake so she was hung to death. What caused the mysterious superstition of people being witches? one possibility is
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the catalyst of the trials because of her relationship with Abigail Williams and how Elizabeth treated her husband. John Proctor has fights in which Elizabeth starts that make her look bad. She also had acted very poorly to Abigail after her affair with John that kick started a lot of events that lead to the trials. “I know you clutched my back” (Miller 14).Elizabeth proctor is the catalyst of the Salem witch trials. Elizabeth proctor is the catalyst for the Salem witch trials because of her relationship
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The Salem witch hunt was a wave of paranoia and ignorance and caused hundreds of innocent people to die. This started in in the spring of 1692 and did not end until September in 1962 because people really stared to doubt the truthfulness of the trials. The first convicted witch was a woman by the name of Bridget bishop. This was a large impact on history and even had many books such as the crucible and many others. The other main cause is that back in this time most people did not understand things
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character. They are wrong‚ do you know where witches even came from? Not a fairy tale book. It comes from long ago in Salem‚ Massachusetts. It was the summer of 1692‚ the people of Salem started getting accused of being witches. So everyone joined in and started accusing others. What was the cause of this nonsense? Some might say religion. However‚ in my opinion jealousy is what started the trials. There is more evidence that suggests poor women want the richer women dead to take their husbands and money
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