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    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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    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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    Witch-Hunts‚ Then and Now Witch-Hunts‚ Then and Now is basically comparing how witch-hunts were handled in the year 1692‚ in comparison to the McCarthy era prosecutions of suspected communists. I chose this topic because I have always been interested in learning what exactly happened at the Salem witch-hunts. I have always only heard stories of the hangings and they left me curious to find out more. I also have never heard of McCarthyism and how it would relate to witch-hunts

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    conclusion that the three people most to blame for the witch hysteria and the subsequent death of innocent people are Abigail‚ Danforth‚ and Reverend Paris each of these people‚ in some way cause harm to blameless people‚ and I will in this essay‚ explain what these people‚ knowingly and unknowingly did not contribute to the death of the innocent people hanged as witches in Salem Village in 1962. Abigail was most responsible for the Salem witch hysteria. She had tons of different opportunities to

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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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    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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    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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    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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    MCCARTHYISM   (​ Maddie​ ‚ ​ Nicholas McCarthy accused innocent citizens of being communist. He ensured political  success by corrupting the government.He would make false accusations during hearings to make  things better for himself. ​ ‚ ​ Ashley  ​ ‚ ​ Mary Beth​ ) 1. Who was McCarthy?  Discuss his position in the  senate as well as his perspective and role in the hearings.  Senator Joseph McCarthy was the man who accused fellow government employees of being  Communists. He would find evide

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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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