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evolution of early evidence presented in court, with an emphasis on the Salem Witch Trials. Secondary Sources Latner, Richard B. "The Long and Short of Salem Witchcraft: Chronology and Collective Violence in 1692." Journal of Social History 42, no. 1 (2008): 137-156. http://web.a.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=0&sid=2d94ea2f-15f0-49db-98c8-085aaafbe5e8%40sessionmgr4007. Latner provides a general overview of the Salem Witch Trials. The author touches on specific incidents and…

The Salem Witch Trials lasted for about seven months of 1692. During this time, people believed that there were “witches” in their town. They believed that the witches performed secret rituals and brought great harm to others. In early 1692, more than eighty trials for witchcraft had occurred in New England. Puritans of Salem believed that the devil plotted against them. A Puritan is a person who is strict in moral or religious matters, often excessively so. The citizens thought this because…

young girls in Salem Village, Massachusetts, claimed to be possessed by the devil and accused several local women of witchcraft. The society became unsure of what was going on, and as a whole became under a lot of stress. Factors that started and fueled the trials were politics, religion, family feuds, economics, and the imaginations and fears of the people. There are lots of explanations given, but I believe what ultimately led to the Salem witch trials was the economic problems that Salem had…

Salem Witch Trials Essay By: Kayla During the 1600's in Salem, Massachusetts, women were being accused of witchcraft. The Salem witch trials was a time when people accused others of being a witch. People were being hung for crimes they may or may not have committed. Fear was the cause of the Salem Witch Trials. Puritans believed that the Devil was real. Twenty-four people were hung during the Salem Witch Trials. Puritans battled between good and evil. They believed that Satam was as…

folktales and scary legends people tend to not believe in them now a day. Back in the ancient time people had the belief of witchcraft. The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693. Although it is believed that the witch hunt of 1692 started in Salem Village, in reality it first occurred in Charlestown. First of all, the witch hunt of 1692 started long ago in Charlestown by Margaret…

The Big Salem Lie The mystery of a small town in Salem has been discovered to be a lie. Events that lead to these trials where the group of girls manifesting their visions of the people being with the devil. Many witches have been found in Salem all which are small girls. “As hysteria spread through the community and beyond into the rest of Massachusetts, several others were accused, including Martha Corey and Rebecca Nurse–both regarded as upstanding members of church and community–and the…

the most notorious case took place in the Puritan dominated Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. The entire community was thrown into chaos as a result of a group of girls claiming they had been bewitched by several old women. This very infamous case of hysteria not only showed that there was underlying blatant sexism and twisted misconceptions of women in New England, but it also exposed the dark side of Puritan beliefs. Therefore, the Salem witchcraft hysteria was indeed caused by a fear of women.…

In Exodus 22:18, the bible proclaims, “Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.” In 1692, in Salem, Massachusetts, the Puritans believed that witches existed, The Bible states, “Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live” and because of this belief twenty innocent people were sent to their death. What caused the Salem witch trial hysteria of 1692? Age, gender, marital status, notoriety, and a divided town. One cause of the witch trial hysteria was age, gender, and marital status. According to Document…

people reason to legally kill you. Well that's what happened in the Salem Witch Trials. There was also an era where people in America would get there lives ruined and there jobs taken away because of accusations. This was called the McCarthy Era. There were a few similarities and differences in the McCartthy Era and the Salem Witch trials. Here they are. There are very similar details from these times in America. During the Salem Witch Trials people were accused of being a witch or someone who…

The author of The absolutely true tale of disaster in salem is Rosalyn Schanzer, the salem witch trials there was a large case of hysteria. This happened because the puritans had a contradiction against the bible they believed in the bible like it was life or death. “Be thankful for your trials. If your are being tested, you are being predicted. Which means you have a divine purpose”(“trials quotes”). The puritans wanted to make a heaven on earth and they did not believe this quote because they…