Salem Witch Trial Hysteria of 1692 Throughout the late 17th century‚ the New England town of Salem‚ Massachusetts experienced a horrific religious episode. The time known as the Salem Witch Trial Hysteria of 1692 cost the life of 20 men and women. One of the contributing factors that led to this incident was the social rivalry of the Putnam and Porter families. The Putnam family resented the Porters and blamed them for their loss of wealth and political influence. The Salem witch trials were also
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Meet Ann Putnam Jr. at 12 years old who played a very important part in the witch trials of 1692 as one of three afflicted kids.Anna was the daughter of the Salem witch trials leader. She was born on October 18‚1679 in Salem Massachusetts‚she was one of three children‚ Thomas and Ann were her siblings and she was the eldest. In March‚1692 she proclaimed to be affiliated. At this time‚ Ann’s Mother Ann was still mourning the death of her daughter and she claimed that later she had been attacked
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US History October 3 2013 The Salem Witch Trials In January 1692‚ A hysteria developed in a Salem Village located in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The beginning of the Salem Witch Trials started when two girls‚ Betty Parris‚ 9 years old and Abigail Williams‚ 11 years old began acting strangely. They began by having “fits” that could not be explained by the local doctor. The doctor who had no explanation for the fits or convulsion like symptoms deemed it witchcraft. This was the beginning
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the Salem Witch Trials stemmed from sheer ignorance from the Puritan people. The first factor in the ignorance displayed by the people of Salem was a result of their religion. The Puritans held a firm belief in the Bible and had a strict interpretation of the meaning of what was in the Bible. So they took the Bible passage that reads‚ "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live‚" seriously. I think that this is the very root of the problem: ignorance as a result of religion. Had the people of Salem not
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The Salem Witch Trials: A Perfect Storm On September 22‚ 1692‚ eight innocent women were hanged in Salem Village. Just a few months later the town would come to its senses and renounce the failed justice system that had doomed sent them to their deaths. Yet for the women‚ and the dozen others who had died before them‚ the revelation came too late. The infamous Salem Witch Trials‚ chronicled by Arthur Miller’s The Crucible were a pivotal time in history in which civilized society collapsed into madness
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McCarthyism Vs. Salem Witch Trials What would your reaction be if you were accused of something and were innocent? This is what happened to many people in the Salem Witch Trials and in McCarthyism. Innocent people were being punished for crimes that they did not commit. Even though there was little evidence‚ they were being hurt simply because somebody didn’t like their personal beliefs. The Salem Witch Trials and McCarthyism are alike in many ways including their accusations‚ trials and were different
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The notorious witch trials of Salem‚ Massachusetts occurred from June through September. It is a brief‚ but turbulent period in history and the causes of the trials have long been a source of discussion among historians. Many try to explain or rationalize the bizarre happenings of the witch hunts and the causes that contributed to them. To understand the trials and how they came to be‚ we must first examine the ideals and views of the people surrounding the events. Salem Village had a very
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1692 in Salem‚ Massachusetts was a time of fear‚ allegation‚ and deceit. It was the time of the Salem witch trials. Family feuds‚ eccentric personalities‚ and even keeping dolls in your home were reasons for accusations. Fueled by religious fanatics and young girls screaming for attention‚ literally‚ no one was safe from the insanity of the witch-hunt. This paper is intended to discuss the causes of this hysteria‚ some of the trials that took place during the year 1692‚ and what finally stopped the
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While the Salem witch trials occurred in the late 1600’s‚ a similar unfortunate situation occurred in the 1950’s with an event called McCarthyism. The Red Scare and the Salem witch trials shared many common characteristics. The similarities include continuous accusations‚ leading politicians‚ and the reaction to Satan and communism. The Salem witch trials and the Red Scare both involved ongoing accusations that led to numerous innocent people being accused. In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible‚
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religious views‚ they saw the change that was taking place so they flee from their mother land seeking to purify their beliefs once more. The Salem witch trials were a significant part of history because it showed the government that religious can’t be mixed with social and political rights because of the strict or tight interpretation it provides. The trials were run by multiple factors such as fear from accusation‚ a hunger for power or grater wealth‚ the strict interpretation of the bible set by
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