The Witch

to 1945, during the holocaust, there were over sixty million accused, thrown into concentration camps to rot away, and were not able to have a say in anything that happened, or even try to justify their case. The Holocaust is similar to the Salem Witch Trials because in both events people were accused of things due to fear and vengeance, all who were involved thought that what they were doing was the right thing, and both events…

Witch hunts were practiced throughout history from Europe to the New World, one of the most famous occurred during 1692. The settlement of Salem Village, Massachusetts, was in hysteria. Fear of the devil and witches overran the population. This was due to the pressures that were put on this Puritan community after the war between the British and French over the colonies in 1689. Also pressures from disease, and fears of attacks from the neighboring rival town of Salem Village, as well as attacks…

The Salem witch trials is an amazing part of American History. One hundred and fifty people were in jail awaiting trial. Eight people died in jail while waiting for trial. All of this commotion all began when two local girls of the village played with magic. When these young girls did the forbidden that's when all the hysteria began to erupt. The punishment for Abigail and Betty would be getting whipped if anyone found out they played with magic with Tituba. The first name that was given was…

The Salem witch trials were a even in history which can’t be forgotten. Due to the dumb decisions made by judges and playful acts by the girls from salem causing major damage to other people’s lives. But till this day many people still do not know the real reasons behind the Salem witch trials and how they all began. The trials had many factors that played into it which were: ergot poisoning, rivalries, and lastly boredom which really caused the most damage. Ergot What is ergot? Ergot is a…

Written Critique Salem Witch Trials. The event known as the Salem witch trials took place in the year 1692 on New England Massachusetts Bay Colony. It all started in a puritan town called Salem, the puritans were very religious people who lived their lives according to the bible and took their religion as a very important part of their life. There was no separation between law and religion. It all started when the daughter and niece of the minister of the town began to suffer distempers and…

HISTORY OF THE SALEM WITCH TRIALS The Salem Witch Trials started in the spring of 1692 after a group of girls claimed to be possessed by the Devil. While claiming this, the girls accused several other citizens of Witchcraft. This caused a sudden huge amount of hysteria to spread quickly throughout the colonies. As the mass hysteria spread, a special court was proposed for the Witches’ trials. The first victim that was accused of Witchcraft was a woman who goes by the name Bridget Bishop. In…

The salem witch trials were very chaotic in 1692. In the salem witchcraft hanging of 1692, there were twenty people killed, nineteen were hanged and one was pressed to death (Doc A). Giles Corey was pressed to death because he would not testify in the salem witchcraft trials. The causes of the salem witch trials of 1692 are jealousy, lying young girls, and town division. Jealousy played a big role in the salem witch trials. Younger females were jealous of older females, so they accused them of…

The Salem witch trials are one of history's most famous prosecutions. What is unknown to many is that the Salem witch trials were not the first trials to occur in the world. Witch trials had been occurring primarily in Europe for hundreds of years before the Salem trials had occurred. The occurrence of witch trials began when the Christian people came to believe that the devil was able to give power to certain people, known as witches. The Salem witch trials began in colonial Massachusetts in…

The year 1692 marked a major event in history in the town of Salem, Massachusetts. The Salem Witch Trial hysteria still leaves the country with so many questions as to what happened in such a small town. Why did 19 people die as a result to these trials? This paper will discuss the events leading up to the Salem witch trials, and the events that happened during and after them. To begin, It all started when two girls accused others, older women, of interacting with the devil. Document C,…

Meaning, everything must be pure, or stated in the Bible. The act of witch craft is was not aloud in the church, as seen in The Crucible, by Arthur Miller. In Salem Massachusetts, many men and women were hanged for the act of “witch craft” when in actuality they were just different. These hangings are known as the Salem Witch Trials. They were blamed for events that were not their doing. This happens to be a common occurrence within the human race…