History of Massachusetts

innocent beings. They had believed that Satan had choose people and even animals to carry out his doings on this earth. Starting from the beginning, Goody Glover, (real name Ann Glover,) (Wikipedia, 2015) a catholic women from Ireland, living in Massachusetts in 1688. After the Goodwin children had become sick, it was thought to be an act of witch craft. She was tried for witch craft to be found guilty because she was not able to say the lords pray in English, but only fluently in native…

The book “American Jezebel” was written in 2004 by Eve LaPlante, who is from Massachusetts and has written various other books about powerful and influential women in history. The thing that makes this book unique is that Anne Hutchinson is actually an ancestor of LaPlante which allows her to have a different point of view on the situation and she is able to write the book in a different way and explain it differently than another author would. Anne Hutchinson was a woman of change who was very…

smallpox epidemic broke out in the mid 17th century, people once again became fearful of witches. The Salem Witch trials are a series of trials that began due to the fear that had erupted and taken place in the colonies, but more specifically in Massachusetts. The Salem Witch Trials were fueled by residents’ suspicions and resentment of their neighbors, as well as their fear of outsiders. The period itself became sparked because people engrossed themselves in the idea that the Devil was…

reflects our reputation throughout our lives. All of our decisions and actions have a direct impact on our name. Such as in the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller the value of a name versus the value of the truth is compared. Some villagers in Salem Massachusetts are accused of being witches and in association with the devil. The people who were accused were all innocent but they would confess to avoid being hung for denying that they associated with the devil. This would result in two options…

participant in a fierce religious controversy that shook the infant Massachusetts Bay Colony from 1636 to 1638",[126] upheld as a symbol of religious freedom, liberal thinking, and Christian feminism.( Wiki ) Anne Hutchinson is a contentious figure, having been lionised, mythologized, and demonised by various writers. “ For me this quote showed that to many people she was religious leader who many people believed in and a person who changed history and believed the most in women 's rights and…

beacon for other nations to look up to. Since then, the idea that America is a beacon for other nations has been ingrained in our countries sentiments. Politicians throughout America’s history call upon Winthrop’s sermon to evoke patriotism. One example is John F. Kennedy’s “Address to the General Court of Massachusetts”. If Winthrop could see this speech, he would find the ideals espoused by Kennedy to be dissimilar and secular from his own. Kennedy states that he is following the principles…

The witch trials of Salem occurred in Massachusetts between the years of 1692-1693, this is considered a dark time in American history. It first began because of a group of girls who became very ill after playing some sort of game. During this time period more than two-hundred people were accused of practicing witchcraft. A majority of the accused were women. If and when you were accused everybody would turn against you until you were able to prove them wrong which was hard to do. Women who had…

their basic human rights. People grew frustrated and decided that it was time to ridicule the soldiers in a mob to make things better. But, later that night the tables turned for the worse in an act that will mark America´s history forever. In the town of Boston, Massachusetts, an ongoing hated of soldiers by the citizens boiled over. People were told they must allow a soldier into their own household: a place to stay, must provide one meal per day, and a candle to see. While upon residing…

The panic in Salam History 101 Why Salam Village? Why such the panic that lead to numerous accusations and the resulting, convictions and hangings. The panic in the village of Salem Massachusetts of 1692 was the result of more than one factor, some may even say a perfect storm. On one hand the Social standing of those accused were on the fringe of the Puritans culture norm. This leads to some being accused with little to know evidence to do so. Over the years the Salem witch craft trials have…

once. that a man had his ears cut off or nose slashed open. The stories stretched to the expulsion of pregnant woman into the wilderness and horrors done to the Pequots that were so bad that it was not for children’s hearing (Brooks, 2011 p. 8). History tells about the Pequot war being an annihilation of the Pequot people and leading to the loss of the Pequot tribe as a polity. However, no historical records can be found that confirm all of these actions by Winthrop that Bethia…