Salem

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…

Anh Nguyen Research paper The Salem Witch Trials Religions have long been not only a controversial topic among societies, but it also played an important role as a foundation of the early North American social as well as religious life. As their main belief was that God should be involved in aspects of one’s life and worshiped constantly, any behaviors or motivation going against his will were all considered as sins, thus, they must be punished. One of the great way to envision…

By most historians the Salem Witch Trails were a product of mass hysteria; it all fueled by hearsay and distorted stories – even out of mere dislike of a neighbor. The Puritans, who had left England for religious freedom, noticed more and more individualism of the people of Salem and felt a loss of control of them. They used this hysteria, to try and bring them back to the church, but people even became weary of church members and suspected them of witchcraft. The extremely religious community,…

The events that happen in The Salem Trial in 1962 were tragic, and it led to men and women being hanged. These events had court trials where magistrate decided if the suspect was guilty or innocent. The trials were termed as unfair since the procedures used were not fair to the defendants and immoral lifestyle is what made the accused witches seem as if they were guilty of witchcraft. The evidence that was used by the court was grouped into various categories. Initially, spectral evidence…

Were socioeconomic tensions responsible for the witchcraft hysteria in Salem? YES Paul Boyer and Stephen Nissenbaum believe that the political and economic tensions among the people of Salem, Massachusetts are to blame for the chaos in regards to witchcraft. They compare the events to a dramatic set piece where the town was in a power battle between political members and clergymen with the common folk and famers. Farmers were adamant about not becoming a part of commercial communism, wanting a…

Witchcraft was a very serious topic in Salem. For just one act of witch craft a woman could have been set to prison or hanged. The causes for this were the fact that they were settled in a new area and it was very difficult for them. While adjusting to a place after leaving home can be difficult, I personally think that in the stress of getting their new life settled they started to practice forms of witch craft. Another reason that caused witchcraft was religion. The puritans were so religious…

In 1692 hysteria hit the town of Salem. This iconic event in American history has had historians puzzled for centuries, because there is no clear evidence for why this witch hunt became more intense than any other American witch trial before it. Through my research, and previous knowledge, I have discovered that there are two main sources of fuel for the witch trials. The first, the leaders of Salem decided they could take advantage of the situation and pushed people into “the loop,” where…

The Salem Witch Trials commenced and progressed between 1692 and 1693 in Salem, Massachusetts. Throughout this time period, many people denounced and tried a multitude of people, ranging from wealthy churchgoers to beggarly civilians living on the edge of poverty, for supposedly unnatural occurrences. However, the implications and intentions leading up to these controversial accusations remain a topic of debate among historians and researchers. One can attribute the rapid advancement of the…

in 1692. In Massachusetts Salem Trials first began in January of 1692 when a group of young girls, who later came to known as the “afflicted girls” felt sick after playing a fortune-telling game and began behaving strangely(Brooks). More than 200 people were accused of using witch craft. Like many other people the write, found this information interesting that she chose to learn more about it. Doing so she used the website http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/salem.htm , to gain…

The salem witch trials were a very intense time for america. This paper talks about what they were, why they happened, the reason the stopped, the witches of today, and a story of a witch named Lady Alice Kyteler. The Salem Witch Trials started from fear but stopped because people realised that they were killing innocent women. The Salem Witch Trials were court hearings for people who were thought to be witches. Twenty or more people were either hanged or burned. A year or two later the madness…