The Salem Witch Trials were a series of executions in the 1600s where over 20 people accused of witchcraft were killed. The main reason these executions occurred was due to the Puritans’ beliefs at the time. Many people see the trials through a modern lens and view them as being similar to 9-11, due to … Read more
The Salem witch trials were a series of prosecutions against people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts. The trials resulted in the executions of 20 people, most of whom were women. The Crucible is a play by Arthur Miller about the Salem witch trials. The play is a fictionalized account of the events, but it … Read more
Salem witch trials took place in the Salem Village, which is now called Danvers, Massachusetts. These trials happened between February of 1692 and May of 1693. There was a total of twenty people that were put to death because they were convicted of practicing witchcraft. The Salem witch trials began on January 20th, 1692 when … Read more
Mary Warren is a character in The Crucible who plays a pivotal role in the Salem witch trials. She is initially one of the girls who accuses others of being witches, but later recants her testimony. This ultimately leads to her arrest and imprisonment. Mary Warren is first introduced as one of the girls who … Read more
The Salem witch trials were a series of prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts. The trials resulted in the executions of 20 people, most of them women. The Salem witch trials began in February 1692, when a group of girls in Salem Village, Massachusetts, claimed to be possessed by the devil. The … Read more
The examinations for the first three accused women began with the examination of Sarah Good. During her examination, she did not confess to witchcraft and persistently claimed her innocence; the same went on during Sarah Osborne’s examination; but Tituba’s examination went almost in an opposite direction of the others. When Tituba’s examination began, it started … Read more
1. Jamestown (1607)-In 1607, the English sent three ships to Virginia to start a settlement. The journey was funded by the Virginia Company who were looking for profits and the settlement was named after King James I. The English considered the location of Jamestown well since it was far inland and surrounded by water making … Read more
The Salem Witch Trials began in Salem, Massachusetts; the massacres could have been caused, historians believe, by many reasons such as the seclusion of the village, sickness, and overall boredom. The trials have many mysteries surrounding them. Historians still cannot come up with one specific cause that caused the ordeal to happen in the first … Read more
In the British colony, Massachusetts, witchcraft hysteria broke out between February 1692 and May 1693, resulting in the execution of twenty people and the jailing of 342 people. The Salem Witch Trials began after young girls in Salem claimed to be possessed by the Devil and started holding local women of Salem accountable of witchcraft. … Read more
“It should be noted, as with so many legends and popularly accepted truths created out of political motivation: There, in fact, is no evidence that the hundreds of murders historically attributed to the werewolves of Gevaudan were actually caused by wolves. As with all witch-hunts… ” “Beatdom #11: The Nature Issue. ” Goodreads. N. p. … Read more
The Salem Witch Trials of colonial Massachusetts is an infamous event known throughout the entirety of the world. This is a result of the unnecessary executions of a collection of people. The bloodshed of the number of citizens is referred to as unnecessary for the reason that the trials were supposedly surrounded by paranormal activity. … Read more
The Salem Witch Trials have long been an intriguing event in American history. Many historians have studied the witchcraft trials in order to determine what caused the afflicted girls to behave how they did. There have been several theories that have come about to explain their behavior. Among these theories is poisoning from food. Along … Read more
In February of 1692, the Salem Witch Trials began. During this time the community of Salem, Massachusetts were Christians who were in constant fear of the Devil. They feared that the Devil was continuously trying to destroy their Christian community. They were isolated in this New World and often frightened because of the thought of … Read more
Salem After the fact Throughout the years, many have wondered what happened to Salem after the famous Salem Witch Trials. The recovery period that was necessary after these trials lasted for a quite a while; people were scared and afraid that something along the lines of the trials could occur again. As a result of … Read more
The Salem Witch Trials: Childs Play or Conspiracy? The Salem Witch Trials began in February of 1692 and continued to 1693 taking place in colonial Salem, Massachusetts. The birth of a colony in the New World had produced much chaos for its residents due to a lack of survival skills, ongoing attacks from the Native … Read more
The Puritans, conductors of the Salem witch trials, in which many people were killed, were right in their actions. The Puritans were settlers in early American history that settled near Salem, Massachusetts. They were looking for religious freedom in America, because they weren’t Catholic. They had a very strict interpretation of the Bible and lived … Read more
Throughout history we as historians can see that in the past civilizations religion was taken to an extreme in crimes, trials and other subjects. In the 1600s religion was what the country was believed to be founded on, the “holy” land, “God built this land for us! ” This also transferred into the courtroom; people … Read more