History of Massachusetts

Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible in the 1950s. Miller wrote The Crucible because he wanted to let the reader know that there’s a correspondence of the communist witch hunts in the 1950’s and the witch hunts in 1692. In Salem Massachusetts, 1692 , the settlement had a witchcraft hysteria which ended up in the deaths of 20 people for being accused of witches and jailing 150 others. The correspondence between of the communist witch hunts in the 1950s and the witch hunts in 1950s and the witch hunts…

new kind of democratic officeholder". It also "changed the culture of Americans-making over their art, architecture and iconography-but even altered their understanding of history, knowledge and truth."…

What do we know about Salem? Salem is a coastal town in Essex County, Massachusetts, in the United States. Salem is a New England bedrock of history and is considered one of the most significant seaports in Puritan American history. Salem was founded in 1629 by the Puritans. Puritans, the people who did not recognize the authority of the official church and followers of Calvinism in England in the XVI-XVII centuries. The increase in the refugee population in Salem, led to a shortage of arable…

From the very beginning of American history to the current day United States, equal opportunity has evolved to further incorporate more and more groups of people. With every step in the right path, there also seemed to be a backstep and vice versa. Starting from the beginning, the first major era in the American past was the Colonization and Settlement Period, approximately 1607-1750. During which settlers broke away from Britain but became confined within their villages and towns. The next era…

Alan Taylor’s interpretation of history in American Colonies, is the most effective analysis of push factors that drove Europeans to immigrate to the New World. This source contains the reasons of immigration and the success of the colonies one established. During the 1600’s, the Netherlands were a very liberal place to inhabit- compared to nations surrounding it. The Dutch empire was welcoming to outcasts that were not welcome in their own country. Even in New Netherland, the Dutch exhibited…

Putting it frankly, Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible because he had a story to tell. Being a political advocate for racial inequalities and an active supporter of labor and unions, he was often the prime target of Senator Joseph McCarthy, a man on a mission to rid the country of potential communists. Miller himself was later called to the House Committee of Un-American activities to defend himself, but refused to condemn any of his friends. This single experience, a rather blind accusation…

said that historical and political trends are more influential than social trends in Salem as well as the McCarthy trials. Social trends as they relate to gender roles are the most influential in the subsequent events that were partaken in Salem, Massachusetts in addition to how the author allegorizes the McCarthy trials of 1953. One example the Crucible showing social trends influencing the salem witch trials during the 1690’s is when Reverend Parris's a puritan priest who strives for social…

In “The Crucible” ,written by Authur Miller, it’s spring of 1692 in Salem, Massachusetts. Strange events start to occur after Reverend Paris finds his daughter, his niece, his slave and many other girls dancing in the forest. His niece ,Abigail Williams, has a history of lying, getting released from service and being a rebel, she is the most responsible for conjuring up spirits and for also conjuring up the devil in Salem. Abigail is responsible for conjuring up the devil in Salem because when…

“The Crucible” The Crucible is set in Salem Massachusetts in 1692. The story is based on the witch trials that took place there, and how people accused others of working with the Devil, and were hysterical about it. The Puritan church was very strict and no one was safe. The story starts out with Reverend Parris with his daughter Betty. Betty had been with Abigail, Tituba, and the other girls dancing naked, and performing witchcraft in the forest. Betty was either traumatized or scared, so…

Gross Paper When history is read, it is read from the viewpoints from those at the top: the politicians, the kings, the influential. Robert A. Gross instead gives the reader a view “ from the bottom up” in his book, The Minutemen and Their World. Gross exhibits how the people of Concord saw the American Revolution and in doing so enhances our understanding of it by letting the reader see the common person’s view. Concord is known as the location of “the shot heard around the world” and…