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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the Puritan girls accusations‚ Tituba eventually admitted to being a witch claiming that devil forced her to do so and said that evil was looming over Salem. Two other women who were alleged as witches denied any wrongdoing but because of Tituba’s testimony‚ the view of the people changed. Many were condemned‚ mainly starting with those who were looked down upon by the townspeople but later more respected people were put on trial. Most "witches" were found guilty of witchcraft and were subsequently
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The Salem Witch Trials of 1692 is one of the most well-known historical events. In 1692‚ 20 people were hanged for being a so-called “witch.” Most accusations were made by six girls‚ which included Betty Parris‚ Abigail Williams‚ and Ann Putnam Jr.. Witches were people whose bodies had supposedly been taken over by The Devil. But what really caused the Salem Witch Trials hysteria? The three reasons that caused the mass hysteria were how certain people‚ ages‚ genders‚ and marital statuses were targeted
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community. These people were put on trial and given the choice to plead guilty or they die trying to prove their innocence. These trials were the Salem Witch Trials. Convicting those innocent citizens can be viewed as killing a mockingbird; mockingbirds are innocent and they don’t harm anyone. This is exactly what Harper Lee showed in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. Harper Lee uses characters that have had innocence stripped from them and indirectly compares them to a mockingbird. The mockingbird
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“Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live” (Exodus 22:18)‚ this was a passage that the Puritans lived by. The Salem Witch Trials took place in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1692 and claimed the lives of many innocent people. It led to the hangings of almost twenty‚ leaving more than one hundred in prison. A group of young girls in Salem Village accused several local women of witchcraft while being claimed of being possessed by the devil. This is causing a wave of hysteria to spread throughout colonial
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The Salem Witch Trials In Cotton Mather’s account of the trial of Martha Carrier‚ the witnesses use confessions of other witches incriminating the accused‚ physical evidence‚ anger resulting in mischief done to the person‚ and spectral evidence. Increase Mather would not have convicted Martha Carrier‚ he would have judged the presented evidence as unreliable because the majority of it was based heavily on witnesses’ testimonies‚ which Increase Mather did not consider as a valid source‚ as well
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Norton aims to explain the Salem Witchcraft Crisis in a way that has never been done before. She has decide to take a historical approach to illustrate the heinous acts committed towards these people‚ majority women in 1692. Her argument is that she is going to use her own narrative to tell the “true” story of what really happened during this period. “My narrative builds on the research and interpretations advanced in prior works on Salem; at the same time‚ it disagrees with many aspects of those
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witchcraft. She plead the devil consumed her soul along with the other girls. When put into a position of not wanting to get in trouble people will do un rational things. Another incident was the Mccarthy trials. Innocent people accused of communism. This was almost the same to salem witch trials. When people are vulnerable and put at a height of power people will resort to irrational ideals. Like criticizing other of witchcraft or communism. After these incidents when will people learn from history
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Salem was a calm town on the North Coast of Massachusetts. But everything changed when the Salem Witch Trials began. Nicole walked cautiously through the mysterious purple mist‚ as she walked she noticed the meeting house that was in every village. On the contrary‚ there was something bizarre about this village‚ it was foreign to her. Suddenly another peculiar observation hit Nicole‚ the village was absolutely deserted! In addition‚not only that but the area actually looked like a battle
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Salem of Massachusetts in 1692 was the residence of a Puritan society accompanied by severe ethics. Along the troubles of trying to preserve agriculture in a cruel climate escorted by uneven ground‚ Salem also encountered political anarchy as well as economic disorder. In this specific society‚ a party of young women condemned an Indian slave girl of witchcraft. She‚ Tituba‚ confessed due to the harassment from the judiciary administration. Her confession stimulated a search for witches that left
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