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    Thou Shalt Not Suffer A Witch To Live In Salem Massachusetts twenty people were hanged because Puritans believed everything that the Bible said.One topic that the bible discussed was ¨The devil is real and he is clever¨‚ the bile discussed that whenever he sees a person weak he can control them. the Bible stated that when someone is weak they can’t keep there mind straight and see hallucinations and voices “the devil is the voice”‚ they hear and they listen and the devil makes them do witchcraft

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    A time of death‚ fear‚ witches‚ scapegoating‚ and bizarre miscommunications between a community all in one area Salem‚ Massachusetts. Accusations broke out between the populace and people in 1692. The Salem Witch Hysteria (meaning a chaotic level of fear) of 1692 began with two girls‚ Betty Parris‚ daughter of Samuel Parris‚ and Abigail Williams. The young cousins first accused Tituba‚ a West Indian brought to assist them in their fortunes. Not too long afterwards‚ the young girls began acting strange

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    The Salem Witch Trials that took place in 1692 are part of a pattern throughout history of the persecution of women. At the time of the beginning of the witchcraft hysteria in Salem there were many reasons for the people of the village to be nervous. They had a strong belief that the devil was the cause for disease‚ bad fortune and catastrophes. The people accused were also those who did not have a godly reputation‚ were foreigners or were part of an old feud with the most prominent men. The

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    The Salem Witch Trials began after young girls in Salem claimed to be possessed by the Devil and started holding local women of Salem accountable of witchcraft. The effects the Salem Witch Trials had on the colony were separation of the church and the state and mass hysteria. In the 17th century‚ witchcraft was a serious crime‚ and convicted witches could be put to death. The following will discuss what the Salem Witch trials were‚ what happened during the time frame‚ and how it shaped Salem Village

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    List of 5 Possible Causes of the Salem Witch Trials The Salem Witch Trials were a series of witchcraft trials that took place in 1692 in Massachusetts. Nearly 200 people were accused of witchcraft and by the end of the trials‚ 19 were sentenced to death by hanging and executed. The historians agree that the Witch Trials were a result of mass hysteria but there are several theories about its causes. Listed below are 5 possible reasons for one of the most tragic events in American history. Boredom

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    The Salem Witch Trials Many people have innocently went to prison or payed for crimes they have never committed over the course of history. The Salem Witch trials is the most known tragedy in which many lost their lives due to false accusations of participating in witchcraft in a puritan community. These trials would forever put in shame the name of Salem due to the injustice done to the innocent by people who wanted to take the guilt and shame off themselves First and fore more the

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    there in a court room being accused for being a witch. Sadly this is what happened in the Salem Witch Trials‚ which occurred in Salem‚ Massachusetts. The Salem Witch Trials were a dark time in American history‚ because innocent people were hanged. This was a period of time were villagers were accusing each other of being witches. Twenty people were hanged because of villagers accusing them of practicing witch craft. The Salem Witch Trials occurred in Salem‚ Massachusetts. This began in the winter of

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    Salem‚ Massachusetts August 19th‚ 1692‚ John Proctor stood on the platform he said as they put the rope around his neck‚ “I regret nothing! I will not admit to being a witch I am a full puritan and will not lie.” Than they pulled out the stool from underneath him and it broke his neck he died a quick but unjust death. What caused the people of Salem to turn on one another? There were a lot of settlers to travel from Europe to the new world among these people there were the puritans who are going

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    The Salem Witch Trials "When the lines between reality and delusion become so blurred‚ you can no longer know what’s real and what is not." This is a quote by A.B. Shepherd. This can be a direct example of those women accused of being witches in the Salem witch trials. For these women‚ most of their lives during the year of the trials could have felt a little like this. You are standing in a room when suddenly‚ an unexplainable feeling over takes you. Every bit of sanity that you have is lost as

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    During the spring of 1692 the salem witch trials was caused because many women and men and children had believed that they were possessed by the devil. Many of the accused were put on trial and later hung. If they could not recite the Lord’s prayer then they were considered a witch. Other women who denied they were not possessed by the devil and many others agreed were forgiven of all there sins. Several different women and kids were caught in the woods dancing naked around a pot of an

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