In Rosalyn Schanzer’s Witches! The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem, In the town of Salem, Massachusetts, there was a big disturbance .Due to accusing each other of witchcraft! The people of this small town were not too kind to each other when it came to witchcraft. Because two of `\\the girls age 11 and 12 that lived in this town with no technology the girls are starting to feel very sick and started to have fits. So the doctors said they were bewitched! This was only the beginning of the witch era. The Salem Witch Trial were caused by illness, revenge, and sport.
The first reason the trials started is illness. ¨This drawing of a 19th century hysterical convulsive attack is strikingly similar to the salem girls fits¨ (The DBQ project Document 8). The convulsions ¨The crossed legs--a symptom of many of the salem girls¨ (The DBQ project Document 8). ¨The diagnoses also explains many of the adult fits experienced by those who were convinced that their neighbors were conjuring against them¨ (The DBQ project Document 8). These people had an illness that made them turn on each other and act like this.
The second reason the trials started was revenge. “Twelve year-old Ann Putnam, Jr. played a crucial role in the witchcraft trials of 1692 as one of the first three "afflicted" children. …show more content…
(http://school.discoveryeducation.com/). “Once diagnosed as victims of witchcraft, the girls were asked to identify their tormentors. Ann pointed fingers at Sarah Good and Sarah Osburne”. (http://school.discoveryeducation.com/).”Ann’s next accusation surprised the village. She claimed to have been tormented by the spirit of Martha Corey, a solid member of the church”.(http://school.discoveryeducation.com/). This was the third reason the trials
The first reason the trials started is illness. ¨This drawing of a 19th century hysterical convulsive attack is strikingly similar to the salem girls fits¨ (The DBQ project Document 8). The convulsions ¨The crossed legs--a symptom of many of the salem girls¨ (The DBQ project Document 8). ¨The diagnoses also explains many of the adult fits experienced by those who were convinced that their neighbors were conjuring against them¨ (The DBQ project Document 8). These people had an illness that made them turn on each other and act like this.
The second reason the trials started was revenge. “Twelve year-old Ann Putnam, Jr. played a crucial role in the witchcraft trials of 1692 as one of the first three "afflicted" children. …show more content…
(http://school.discoveryeducation.com/). “Once diagnosed as victims of witchcraft, the girls were asked to identify their tormentors. Ann pointed fingers at Sarah Good and Sarah Osburne”. (http://school.discoveryeducation.com/).”Ann’s next accusation surprised the village. She claimed to have been tormented by the spirit of Martha Corey, a solid member of the church”.(http://school.discoveryeducation.com/). This was the third reason the trials