Sorcery in Salem began its mass hysteria in January 1692 when Dr. William Griggs diagnosed the first girls with being “bewitched”. He was the only physician in the village and since his educational background is unknown, we do not know exactly what education he has in the medical field but we assume that he had some medical training since he was the doctor in the village. Both of the young girls that was diagnosed as “bewitched” was Reverend Samuel Parris’s own daughter and niece. (Lawson, 2007)
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Salem Witch Trials The Salem Witch Trials occurred between February 1692 and May 1693. These trials were a series of hearings and prosecution of people who were accused of witchcraft in the colonial Massachusetts. The preliminary hearings were also conducted in a variety of towns across the province, but the most serious one was conducted by the court of Terminer and Oyer in Salem Town (The DBQ Project, 2002). The Salem Witch Trials were sparked by hysteria mixed with family rivalries
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The Salem Witch Trials were an example of the strict Puritan religion in the 17th century. Even though there was no actual evidence of witchcraft, the religious beliefs of the Puritans caused many men, women and children to be wrongfully accused. The Puritan’s life revolved around the church. They attended sermons twice a week, dancing was not allowed, listening of non-religious music was prohibited, holidays were not celebrated and children were not allowed to play with toys or dolls and their
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The Salem witch trials took place in 1692-1693, executing people accused of practicing witchcraft. In result of the executions and accusations it affected the community and their religion. For eight months, colonists in Massachusetts went on a witch hunt. Hundreds of people were “cried out” against. One hundred seventeen women and thirty-nine men were accused and within a four month period fourteen women and five men were hung and one man was pressed to death. The concept of witchcraft is often
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The Salem Witch Trials was a series of prosecutions where nineteen people were convicted of being a witch, hung, and many other suspects were jailed. The trials took place in the Salem Village located in the Massachusetts Bay Colony which is now Danvers, Massachusetts. The focus of the Salem Witch Trials was the evidence of being a witch, the hunts, trials, executions, and the aftermath. If the people in the town wanted to convict a person of being a witch, they had to have evidence. “The evidence
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The Salem Witch Trials Witchcraft is the practice of black magic. In the late 17th century in New England, at least 344 individuals were tried and 35 were executed as witches in Salem in 1692. More than 95 percent of all formal accusations and more than 90 percent of the executions for the witchcraft in British America occurred in Puritan colonies. Many factors contributed to the hysteria that gripped Salem. Impact of King William‘s War, the Puritan belief system and gender roles all led to the
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into thinking that what they are doing is the only thing to do. During the 1600’s, the Salem witch trials began, striking fear in the eyes of all the people living there. Civilians were forced behind bars if they did not attend church regularly, and the scare of witches caused many to be hanged for all to see. These acts were recounted in a book called “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller. The things that happened in Salem were not the only time fear has ruined lives, for fear is still a part of society
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January 1692, The daughter Elizabeth Parris and the niece Abigail Williams of the minister of salem village randomly started having screaming and violent outbursts. The doctor diagnosed them with being controlled by witches. After they have been diagnosed other females started mimicking the same symptoms that the two girls had. The young girls accused a caribbean slave, Tituba, and other women of using witch spells on them. Years latter it was revealed they were lying, and Abigail Williams were the
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The Spring of 1962 began a dark and terrifying time in the history of the American colonies. The well-know Salem witch trials began when a group of girls were diagnosed with bewitchment after showing symptoms of uncontrollable outbursts of screaming and contortions. These symptoms spread to other young girls in the community and most likely were caused by other reasons that could have included epilepsy, child abuse, mental illness or even a disease caused by eating rye bread infected with fungus
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The Salem Witch trials, which took place in Massachusetts between the years of 1692 and 1693, have long been viewed as a mystery due to the sudden erratic behaviors and harsh punishments placed on those who were tried as “witches”. During the Salem Witch Trials, over two-hundred people were arrested for showing signs of witchcraft, which included biting, scratching, and screaming. Of the two-hundred who were arrested, nineteen were hanged and one was stoned to death. As Emerson W. Baker – an archaeologist
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