History of Massachusetts

short story “Young Goodman Brown” both have an abundance of mentions of the subject of witchcraft. Witchcraft has origins that go back hundreds of years (Brief History of Witchcraft). Witchcraft was originally performed by approximately an equal amount of both men and women, but was later practiced more predominately by women (Brief History of Witchcraft). Witchcraft most often entails common or low magic worked through spells, charms, and curses; this is in contrast to the complex rituals of…

The Salem Witch Trials occurred in Massachusetts during the year of 1692. The Witch trials began due to Puritan people accusing people in society a witch. Although the Salem Witch Trials are a part of our nation’s history; people also study about the witch trials in American literature through the eyes of Cotton Mather, a Puritan minister (Cain 225). Nathaniel Hawthorne is another very popular author studied in American Literature that also reflects on the Salem witch trials, but in a…

The difference between the story of Captain John Smith in the General History of Virginia, and William Bradford in Of Plymouth Plantation. Captain John Smith was a British soldier, he’s a founder of the American colony of Jamestown. He traveled in purpose to seek what he wanted, and that is to become wealthy. While William Bradford is an English separatist, the leader of the Plymouth colony. They are known as the Pilgrims, but before that they were originally known as the Old Comers and their…

When you look at the twenty-first century studies on the Salem Witch Trials, some other psychological and gender issues appear. Mary Beth Norton, an American historian, looks at these issues as a cause of the fits that the girls had. The girls may have had fits as a guilty response towards the participation in fortune telling. Norton also attributes the cause to the post-traumatic experiences that the Indian War caused on the population. Norton is unclear of the roots cause of the Salem Witch…

The Puritans fled religious tyranny in the Old world and found religious redemption in the New World. They faced numerous challenges even death in order gain religious freedom. The point of the reformation was to make Christianity right, to bring it back to its pure origins. Their name is derived from them wanting to purify the church. The Puritans have been persecuted for accusing their King of failing to cleanse the Church of Catholic rituals, and were hounded as radicals for their forbear of…

So during the 1614 peaceful period of time, between the colonists and the Algonquian tribes. John Rolfe and Pocahontas, who was captured and converted to Christianity had wed. Rolfe had brought back seeds from his voyage from the West Indies and began the cash crop product of Tabacco back to the colony. In 1617, when Pocahontas died on her way back to England, and her father Powhatan died in 1618. Under Powhatan’s successor, Opechankeno, the Algonquians became more and more angry about the…

How would you feel if you were accused of witchcraft? The Crucible accused multiple innocent people of witchcraft and majority of those that were accused were puritans, and those puritans were strong within their faith. Most people have zero mercy on one another and wanted to save themselves. What would you do ? The author of The Crucible and many other pieces of American Literature was Arthur Miller. Arthur Miller has won multiple awards for his pieces including Tony awards. Some of Miller’s…

One of the most known events in history to happen in Boston . The only event ever to happen like this. The one historical event that earned the title of the incident on king street named by the British personally. The one event where British soldiers were ready too fire and attack while the opposing side the colonists, were prepared to strike and defend their beloved town and keep it the way they intended to have it from the veary begining. The event where you would be terrified imagine it…

The history behind South Burying Ground in Concord, MA is an interesting one. In 1636, the citizens of Concord constructed a meeting house and next to that meetinghouse was a cemetery known as Old Hill Burying Ground. This cemetery was the only one in the entire town until 1697. In 1697, a circulating superstition stated that it was bad luck to transport a corpse across the water. During this time period, the people who lived on the south side of town had no choice but to transport their dead…

The Salem Witch Trials, in 1692, was a phase in American history when the Puritans settled in Massachusetts and extraordinary events began. The events that occurred stirred up hysteria within the people. The hysteria was also induced by propaganda of the North Church and the fear of the unfamiliar land and people, accusations, and God. The idea of witches existing and infesting themselves in Puritan daily life caught and spread through the Puritan communities quickly. As a popular influence, the…