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    In February of 1692‚ the Salem Witch Trials began. During this time the community of Salem‚ Massachusetts were Christians who were in constant fear of the Devil. They feared that the Devil was continuously trying to destroy their Christian community. They were isolated in this New World and often frightened because of the thought of the Devil taking over their lives. They were also under a lot of stress‚ trying to make it in the New World‚ which only put more pressure on them. Then the trigger happened

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    the Salem witch trials and tells about the murderous colonial period of 1692. The trials took place in Salem‚ Massachusetts when the Puritans of England migrated to New England. The accusations of witches started when two girls began having fits‚ and a doctor tried to use elixirs and everything he could to cure them. He then diagnosed the two girls of being plagued by witches. After these events‚ the first 3 accused witches were arrested on February 29‚1692‚ and the Salem witch trials began. When

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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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    for thirteen years. Since the establishment thirteen years ago‚ the dress code has made many different changes in the dress code. The purpose of the dress code is to have other students understand the correct way of dressing themselves‚ the teachers do not take into opinion the kids view on this debate. Students can change the dress code by attending school board meetings and having approximately 75% of students signing a petition with an agreement saying that you want to change it. Most students

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    the Europeans‚ “a witch was a person who committed a crime using harmful magic.” The Salem Witch Trials occurred in Salem Massachusetts from February 1692 to May 1693. The Witch Trials did not happen due to what some originally might think. There were more reasons for the brutality and carelessness of the trials than just witchcraft. When the colonists came over to the New World‚ they were unfamiliar with the terrain‚ weather‚ and soil. These factors made it so colonists were unable to harvest

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    Humanities 202-01H Michael Crowell Unit 2 Short Writing Assignment- Chapters 14-15 A Seventeenth Century Witch Trial Brian Croteau A Seventeenth-Century Witch Trial is about a woman named Suzanne Gaudry‚ an illiterate woman‚ who is accused of practicing witchcraft. The charges against Suzanne include renouncing “God‚ Lent‚ and baptism.” She was also charged with worshiping the devil‚ attending witches’ Sabbaths‚ and desecrating the Eucharist wafer. Suzanne was questioned by the court

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    The Salem Witch Trials Salem The Salem witch trials and hysteria first began‚ during the spring of 1692‚ when two young girls‚ Elizabeth Parris and Abigail Williams‚ started having uncontrollable fits that consisted of screaming and contortions. Several other girls‚ such as Mercy Lewis‚ Elizabeth Hubbard‚ and Ann Putnam Jr.‚ from Salem were also diagnosed with similar symptoms. After seeing the local doctor‚ William Griggs‚ he decided on the diagnosis of bewitchment. This lead the people to wonder

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    The Salem Witch Trials have long been an intriguing event in American history. Many historians have studied the witchcraft trials in order to determine what caused the afflicted girls to behave how they did. There have been several theories that have come about to explain their behavior. Among these theories is poisoning from food. Along with this‚ some think that the girls acted out of simple boredom or that they suffered from a mental illness. In January of 1692‚ the daughter and niece of Reverend

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    Salem Witch Trials The Salem witch trials were a very gruesome part of America’s history. The punishments they used to determine whether the person was a witch or nit was inhuman. Basically‚ these people had two choices. They either would get tortured and confess and be killed or not confess but still die from the torture being brought upon them. The Salem witch trials impacted history in its own way. Torture throughout history can be read and understood‚ however‚ it is a different kind of punishment

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    episode of American history known as the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. What started as an amount of accusations from a group of girls‚ turned into a series of disastrous events. These girls accused several local woman of the small town of Salem located in the state of Massachusetts of playing with the devil‚ casting spells and being witches. This series of events was considered a new phenomenon in America‚ but across Europe it was not since massive witch hunts have been going on for more than three hundred

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