Samuel J. Tilden

The physical setting of The Crucible is in a small town with about 100 or so people. The temporal setting takes place in the early 1600’s with a heavy religious background. The author advances the storyline by breaking the story in acts. The setting is very critical; I don’t think a Crucible type of story could take place in the sunny hills of California in the 21 century. The tone is dark and religious, and the theme is lying, trust, and deceit. The main protagonist of The Crucible…

The play and film adaption of “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller have several differences. These differences have a impact on the story's plot. The Crucible is based on the Salem witch trials that took place in the Province of Massachusetts Bay in 1692. The story is about witchcraft that was happening in Salem, where their dangerous behaviors and choices affect their lives and the ones of their friends or fellow companions. They're dark desires and secrets will always come out and turn the worst in…

Imagine yourself being accused of witchcraft. Many women and some men were accused of witchcraft. The Salem witch trials where when people were accused of being inhabited or taken by the devil. There were 20 people executed because of it. Many Puritans have lived here in Salem, Massachusetts. People want to learn why it happened and what caused it. There were many factors that led to the Salem witch trial hysteria in 1692. Many of the people wear mostly woman, therefore one of the…

The Shoemaker and The Tea Party: Book Assignment #1 PART I: IDENTIFICATION QUESTIONS Historical Memory is oral and written testimonies from individuals who wither witnessed for took part in historical moments in history. Benjamin Bussey Thatcher was an American author who wrote Traits of the Tea Party (1835) which was the second biography to be written about George Robert Twelve Hewes. The American Revolution was a political upheaval that took place between 1765 and 1783. It started with the…

The Salem witch trial is one of the most mystifying parts in history and there are a lot of explanations to why the girls acted like that during the trials. The symptoms of the girls were: joking, vomiting, strangely ill, spouting gibberish, and bodies turning in odd positions. The two explanations that I believe could be the most plausible is, ergot poisoning, and boredom. Ergot poisoning, is something a person could get from eating rye or bread that has fungus growing into the body of the…

lots of Bible reading. reverend Samuel Parris was the father of the girls who made the first accusations of the witches in Salem in 1692. reverend Samuel Parris family was small. He was married and had a nine-year-old daughter, Betty, and a twelve-year-old niece. “Abigail Williams, who was an orphan.” (Detweiler). Abigail was expected to earn her keep by doing household chores. After chores were done, there was little entertainment for Betty and Abigail. reverend. Samuel Parris also did not want…

Samuel Adams once said, “The truth is, all might be free if they valued freedom, and defended it as they ought.” This quote by Samuel Adams means that if you value freedom and defended your opinion you can be free in your own special way. In This essay, you will learn about the life of Samuel Adams, Samuel Adams is one of the founding fathers of the Unites States of America, Adams also helped to arrange the Boston Tea Party. Samuel Adams planned the Boston Tea Party, which was when People dumped…

In 1763 the royal proclamation was issued by King Georg |||. And the proclamation of 1763 stated that all lands west of the Appalachian Divide were off-limits to the colonies. This affected and upset some of the colonists. The land west of the Appalachian remained an American Indian territory for the time being. The colonists rebelled against Great Britain because they felt their rights were being violated. The Sugar Act took place in 1764. The Sugar Act lowered the tax on molasses in hopes to…

Beginning in the 1630’s Puritans came to the colonies after facing persecution in England for their want to purify and reform the Church of England. The Puritans believed that the New World was similar to the Garden of Eden and that the New World was going to be the “city upon the hill”. The Puritans settled in the now known area of Boston, and held services in bare churches throughout the town. Three people who were principal to Puritan religion in the colonies were Richard Mather, a minister…

The Stamp Act of 1765 was the first indigenous tax charged directly on American colonists by the British government. The Stamp Act, that appointed a tax on all paper documents in the colonies, came at a time when the British domain was deep in debt from the Seven Years’ War (1756-1763) and looking to its North American colonies as an acquirement source. The Stamp Act of 1765 was very grim towards colonist’s families. The Act put many families in debt and made them very barbaric. Many colonists…