What caused the Salem Witch Trial Hysteria in 1692? "Though shalt not suffer a witch to live"(Bible)! The people of Puritan faith in 1692 concluded they should kill witches with no mercy. In the 1600’s‚ immigrants arrived in the New England colonies. Countless immigrants practiced the Puritan belief. The Puritans believed the Bible was the word of God; they assumed all concepts written were true. The Bible proclaimed killing witches is all right. In 1692‚ in the Puritan town of Salem‚ there was a
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There are many different causes that started the dreadful World War 2. It all began with World War 1 and the Treaty of Versailles which was a document signed by the leaders of Britain France and the USA. It had several terms about what Germany had to do for its punishment because Germany was blamed for starting World War 1 (It was not entirely Germany’s fault but actually it was because of the military alliances which were the Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente). It was very harsh as some of
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most stocks worth nearly nothing of what they used to be worth. The stocks fell because they were worth so much that everyone decided to sell out and make back more money than they originally put into the market. The people who decided to wait and see where their investments would go in a few months or years‚ lost virtually all of their money in a matter of weeks. They lost all that they had invested their lives savings in‚ those stocks only had twenty percent of what they previously had. The banks pumped
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What caused World War 1 Many different factors led to the start of the First World War. Like many other historical occurrences‚ one thing led to another and all of these factors came together to start World War 1. The main causes were militarism‚ alliances‚ imperialism‚ and nationalism‚ but many more other causes also helped spark the war. The rulers of the countries were all first cousins‚ with a lot of power that was in need of testing. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand sparked rivalry
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What Caused World War 1? During World War 1‚ there were many things that caused it. Imperialism is a structure where a powerful nation takes over or controls over someone‚ something‚ or a place and utilizes one or many colonies. During World War 1‚ Britain was one of the world’s most powerful nation that anyone could ever imagine. Britain took over in the late 1800’s over; Canada‚ India‚ Ceylon‚ Burma‚ Australia‚ New Zealand‚ Hong Kong and other Pacific and Caribbean Islands‚ South Africa‚ Rhodesia
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The colonists were almost completely justified in their revolt against England. The oppressive acts implemented by British rule and the abuse the colonists endured by the army made life for the colonists unbearable. However‚ the colonists’ reactions to certain things were unwarranted. For example‚ making propaganda and attacking innocent people wasn’t justified by what they had endured. The colonists were justified in their need for revolution‚ but not in their actions in their pursuit of it. Everything
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In the sixteenth century‚ peasants and the poor rose against the German states and their lords. To show their unhappiness‚ the peasants and poor would perform rebellious actions and created the grievances in word in hope to make a change with their lords’ control over them. The probable main cause for the rebellion and uprisings was due to the hatred on the lords oppressions. Responses varied‚ considering that lords and theologians such as Martin Luther did not agree with the choice of the peasants
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What Caused the Salem Witch Trial Hysteria of 1692? All starting in June‚ 1692‚ the Salem Witch Trial hysteria was a period when people were constantly being accused of witchcraft. A witch is someone who is taken over by the devil and portrays the actions of the creature. This mainly happened to women. Historians are still trying to figure out why people would accuse others of witchcraft. Some think it was because of the paranoia from the Native American raids. Hallucinogens were also another suggestion
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Well I was born in Pueblo‚ Colorado; lived their for 10 years. Then we ended up moving to Yoder‚ Colorado; which we stayed their till I was 10. I had quite a lot of friends they’re‚ my best friend would be Elizabeth Oatman. I met her in preschool‚ she didn’t do good on the slowly walking to the restroom. So when I went there; she would raise her hand to use the restroom‚ but would always take off running;but she attended to not turn; and she would always slam right into the wall. So one day she had
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The Hanover Revolt of 1776 AP-HIST 1050 Dave Cousins November 21‚ 2012 The Hanover Revolt of 1776 Two documents which discuss the slave revolt in seventeen seventy-six are titled as “The Jamaican Slave Insurrection” by Richard Sheridan and “Testing the Chains” by Michael Craton. Both these documents contain these historian’s perspectives about the seventeen seventy-six slave revolt. These documents both have similarities and differences and contribute aspects with the seventeen
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