Samuel de Champlain

The Legend of Witches Los brujos o brujas are mischievous individuals who practice evil around their neighbors or people they envy. Often for little or no cause generally it is on their enemies witches practice the evil doings which they are able to perform. No one is born a witch. Witchcraft is some kind of science a kind of learning which may be learned from other witches, In New Mexicans, they speak of a witch as being in agreement with the devil young people such as old have a terrible…

Early in the mid - 1700s there was a battle that took place that played a big role that led up to the American Revolution. It altered the political and economic affairs of the British and the American colonies; thus caused a great change in their relationship. Soon after, leaders who are highly influential in within the colonies rose up expressing a change in their ideology of Britain and the other colonies. This is how war reformed the political, economic, and ideology relationships between…

The Crucible Plot Spot The daughter of Reverend Parris, Betty, is in a coma-like state after being found in the forest. She finally wakes up after the other girls that were also in the woods, confess to conjuring spirits. They also tell everyone about all the people they saw with the devil. This leads to the trials and hangings of many innocent people. About a week later John and Elizabeth Proctor are at home discussing the many trials happening in the town. Elizabeth tries to get John to go…

The author wrote the novel as a way to understand her past, as well as share it with others. The Carriers that she described in her book are based on what she knows about her ancestors involved in the Salem Witch Trials. Their names were the Carriers as well. However, Kent also wrote the novel to share a different perspective on the events. Most historical documents and fictional retellings focus on the main people involved in the trials: The girls and the accused from Salem. In The Heretic’s…

The Scottsboro Case A case that was unfair to the defendants and to the society of mankind. The Scottsboro Case first started on March 25,1931 9 young black men were wrongly accused. During this time black men were allowed to have jobs, but whites were still harboring racial feelings towards blacks. The 9 young black men oldest 19 and youngest 13 were on the way to find work in Alabama as they were on the train a fight broke out between them with the whites. As the train began to slow the…

What Caused The Salem Witch Trials There were three causes Conflict between young girls and older woman,lying teenagers,economic and political power divide between two sides of town.One possiable causecould be the conflict between young girls and older woman,witch involved age, gender, and maritual status. According to the accusers chart on document B there were twenty-nine out of thirty-four people were females twenty-three of twenty-nine were under twenty-one years old. Another possible…

MODERN DAY WITCH HUNTS I choose to write about modern day witch hunt because I wanted to learn more about it. I never knew what a witch hunt was but I did research and found out its when they search for people accused of witch hunt and is persecuted when found. And this all started because Salem witch trails was a series of hearings and…

Seven Years’ War The Seven Years War was a conflict known as the French and Indian War. Fighting between England and France had been going on in North America for years, however the official start of the war was a major a turning point in the history of British rule in America. England was successful, however, after defeating French enemies and Indian allies, England was left to view the results of a war that would leave the relationship with american colonies altered forever. Following the…

A modern day dilemma that compares to the Salem Witch Trials is the Holocaust. Although the Holocaust happened roughly 250 years after the Salem Witch Trials, the events significantly resemble each other in a way of mass hysteria. Mass hysteria is also defined as an uncontrollable outburst of emotion or fear, often characterized as a sudden outburst of laughing or crying. In the Holocaust and the Salem Witch Trials, the leaders were ridding people of the “inferior race”. Many people say that…

The first shot was fired, one was already dead and in a moments notice eleven colonists were shot and five colonists killed by British soldiers. The British had done it, they had created the Boston Massacre. The increase on taxes and the Quartering Act put in place by the British, made the colonists outraged and that led them to protest against Great Britain. A major action that the colonists took was the Boston Tea Party, this was when the Sons of Liberty disguised themselves as Indians and…