The Salem Witch Trials were a brief moment of Hysteria found within a contained environment. What brought this on? Why did they accuse the people they did? What is your reaction to the whole event? Write one paragraph detailing your opinion.
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From June through September of 1692, 20 men and women, all having been convicted of witchcraft, were carted to Gallows Hill for hanging. Hundreds of others faced accusations of witchcraft. Then, almost as soon as it had begun, the hysteria that swept through Puritan Massachusetts ended. The main factors that influenced the start of Salem Witch Trials were a combination of politics, religion, family feuds, economics and fear. The victims were accused because they were basically not normal. If one thing was peculiar about them, they were accused. My reaction, is that it's pretty stupid. Fear, as shown in this event, really takes over people's minds and make them think things that aren't real. Innocent people were accused of things they never did.
The Salem Witch Trials started between February 1692 and May 1693 and it was in the counties of Essex, Suffolk, Middlesex, in colonial Massachusetts. A few girls from the town accused the townspeople because they had no childhood. They always spent there days doing chores or studying the bible. The girls started acting as they were the victims of witches. Apparently people believed them and this got them out of chores, studying the bible, and murder. The people were accused because if they did something weird or not right then they would be accused. I was really shocked when I heard about these witchcraft trials because it wasn't fair to the people who were accused and ruined the people's lives forever.
The Salem Witch trials were an unfortunate even which occured between February 1692 to May 1693. It took place in Colonial Massachusetts, in the counties of Middlesex, Essex, and Suffolk. It consisted of women who were accused of being witches to be punished most times, very severly. This whole event started because of different political, religous and moral beliefs. They were accused because of pretty much anything. You could've been just straight out weird and you would be accused of being a witch. My reaction to this whole event, was some what ethnocentric. Today, we know that this is just outright wrong and stupid, but back then, they thought it was completly normal.
The Salem Witch trials took place from 1692 to 1693. Victims were accused for having different political,religous, and economic beliefs. They were accused if they did something that nobody else did or looked different from everybody else around them. If there was anything weird about you then you were accused of being a witch. My reaction to this event is that it was wrong to accuse these people of being witches. They had no proof of that and we know today that those people really weren't witches.
The Salem which trials occurred between February 1692 to May 1693. It took place in Massachusetts where victims were accused for following different religions and beliefs. The main factors that influenced the start of the Salem Witch Trials, were a combination of politics, religion, family feuds, economics and fear. Anybody accused would have been sent to the gallows to be hung or amputated. Mostly women were accused as witches and sometimes can be accused for no reason. My reaction to this event is that back in the day people didn't have facts on knowing if witches were real or not. The information we have in our modern time now proves that witches are completely fake.
The Salem witch trials occurred from February 1692 to May 1693. They Happened in places such as Suffolk, Middlesex, and Essex. The trials were mostly women being accused of witch craft. A witch was someone who would stay home all day and read the bible and do chores all day. Someone out of the ordinary; someone who wasn't "normal." The reason for the Witch trials were because of different religious beliefs and confusion. It didn't matter what you did or who found out. I think the whole thing is crazy and not a reason to kill anyone. The people who were the accusers didn't even have any kind of proof just there word. I think it was just another way to get rid of someone you didn't like.
The Salem Witch Trials began in the year of 1692, when a reverends daughter and niece became sick and the doctor, that was brought in diagnosed it as bewitchment. The trials were mainly caused from imagination, fear, and strong religious belief.This lead to the death of nineteen men and women.One of which was crushed to death. Also, their strong Puritanical belief is what caused them to believe that the devil was behind the epidemics happening at the time. Their neighboring towns had small pox and they were frightened of being attacked by the surrounding Native American tribes. This fear that the Puritans had was that God was punishing them and so it would have been easy witch craft to start.One hundred and forty people were accused of being a witch.Salem Village, Ipswich, Andover and Salem Town. The best-known trials were conducted by the Court of Oyer and Terminer in 1692 in Salem Town. A majority of the people accused of being in the witch trials were women.The women were forty years or older.The people accused were not necessarily witches they could have been odd, unliked by the majority. They could have been a different race or religion. Women were hung in the gallows, some imprisoned and others burned at the stake. I believe that the Salem witch trials were a cruel and unusual punishment. Looking back at it from present prospective I believe that people should not have been treat differently or the way they were. The people that believed and judged the trials were ignorant and preposterous.The main thing that blows my mind is that their cases took court based on the words of an eleven year old and nine year old. The Salem Witch Trials ended on May 1693.
The Salem Witch Trials began in February 1962 and continued to May 1963. Through this one year period, one hundred and forty people were accused of witchcraft. Nineteen of these people were hung, thirteen died in prison cells, and one man by the name Giles Corey, was crushed to death for not wanting to give forth a plea. These people were accused for being themselves and following their daily routine. One slip up and they were automatically accused of being a witch. Some were accused because of their inability to go to church regularly. The people in the counties were this took place, were simply scared of impending Native American attacks and a recent outbreak of smallpox. These people felt that their god was punishing them, so instead of them getting punished themselves, they decided to accuse people that had something going on in their lives. In my opinion, these accusations and this time period is the personification of stupidity and foolishness. The boneheads involved with this were being stupid and attacking innocent people who were not even close to what their accusations held them accountable.
During the mid 1600's in certain parts of colonial Massachusetts, people were accused of witchcraft, tried, and ultimately hung. This period of time became known as the Salem Witch Trials. It began when people came down with horrible seizures of unknown cause. Because the people did not know what caused the seizures, they began to accuse outcasts in their towns as witches who used demonic powers to afflict pain among the other citizens. Those accused of being witches, mainly the poor, mentally challenged, or slaves, were brought to court and tried. I believe that the trials were completely one-sided and cruel. If you were accused of being a witch, most likely, you were as good as dead. Thankfully this was only a brief period of hysteria and has not happened in America since then.
The Salem Witch trails had begun in 1692 and lasted for about a year. The whole uproar of accusations against unusual individuals was caused because of politics, religion, family feuds, economics, and mostly fear. Some say that two girls were possessed by witches because of their unusual activity. Soon, fear spread throughout the colony of Massachusetts. Many strong religious citizens believed that the Devil would use witches to harm other people through black magic. People began to accuse any one, who acted unusual, who was caught doing something weird, or even people who acted completely normal, as witches. Witches who were found guilty (which almost all were) would be sent to jail or executed. After the fairly short period of accusations, the trials stopped and were announced as a mistake. I believe that the colonists were scared and paranoid. If one person is announced as a witch then so is another person and then the link would go on. Fear would spread even more then before and paranoia would play a huge role in the accusations. Overall the trails were unjust and the people had no proof that certain individuals were witches.
The Salam Witch Trials accused people of performing witchcraft. The accused were put in front of a series of court hearings which eventually went in front of a county court. This happened between February 1692 and May 1693. It started when the two dyoung girs of ages 9 and 11 started having fits that were beyond the power of epileptic ftis. The girls screamed, threw things around the room, made strange sounds, and crawled under furniture. The doctors could not find anythiing wrong with the girls and other young women started to have similar behaviors. The first three people to get arrested were not very liked in the community. One of the people was homeless and always begged for food. Another one was a slave of a different religion, and the last one didn't attend church often. They were seen as different, wnd when they were tried, no one stood up for them. I think that the witch trials were brought on by ignorance. The puritans didn't want to try and find a reasonable explanation. They also wanted to maintain order in the colony. If people were afraid of being accused of witchcraft for being abnormal, then they would try to follow laws as best as possible and do what they were told. Ultimately i think the witch trials were a control scare tactic and ignorance of the rulers of the colony.
The Salem Witch Trials were a series of hearings that took place in the county courts of Essex, Suffolk, and Middlesex. These trials took place between February 1692 and May 1963. The men and women that went to these trials were being accused of witchcraft. Over 150 people were were arrested or imprisoned. All 26 people that were put on trial were convicted and, they were killed, because the people of Massachusetts thought that person was a witch. My reaction toward the Salem Witch Trials is that this whole situation was idiotic, because these people were definatley not witches and innocent people were killed for no reason.
The Salem Witch Trials began in 1692 and ended in 1692.The factors that influenced the Salem Witch Trials were fear , religion, family feuds, economics and politics. The number they accused people for being a witch was in a matter of a year was one hundred and forty. The reasons for the accusation of these people were the lack of going to church and because those accusing felt that these people were witches because of their actions and abnormal behavior such as being at their own home doing what they wanted, which in my opinion is completely fine. These accusations were absurd in my point of view of the Salem Witch Trials. The people accusing were ignorant and foolish. Those who died during this time period of the Salem Witch Trials had unfortunate death for no reason at all.
The Salem Witch Trials were very unfortunate which happened between February 1692 through May 1963 and took place in Colonial Massachusetts in Essex, Suffolk and Middlesex counties. This time period of a little over a year, many people were accused of witchcraft. These two young girls, ages 9 and 11, were acting very peculiar and out of the ordinary. Three girls were accused of witchcraft and sent to jail. They were not guilty, but since they were outcasts in the town, they were "usual suspects." 154 individuals were accused. My reaction to all of this is that these trials were very necessary. Many innocent souls were lost just because they were "different," and their society couldn't accept that. The people back then thought it was the right thing to do, but our society and I now look back on this event and frown upon it for it was very ignorant.
The Salem witch trials was approximately a year long era in American history; during which, a ridiculous amount of innocent people were prosecuted for practicing "witchcraft." One of the more immediate causes of this period of hysteria was the Parris household. Tituba, the Parris family slave led a sort of fortune-telling/divination circle with Betty and Abigail Parris as well as several other little girls. Tituba frightened the girls with stories about witchcraft and demons. Eventually, the stories scared the girls so much that they began to act strangely. When a doctor was brought in and it was determined there was no physical reason for their behavior, the girls were put on a special trial. A wave of terror and hysteria began to sweep through Massachusetts and started a domino effect as more people started accusing more and more people of witchraft. By the end of the Salem witch trials, over 200 people had been accused and put on trial. Honestly, I think the whole thing is kind of stupid. The courts accused (and convicted!) innocent people of a crime they didn't even have proof existed. I think having someone to blame for the rough time the colonies were experiencing made the times easier for everyone. Or so the courts thought.
The Salem Witch Trials were throughout February 1692 to May 1693. The accusing started with family feuds, religion, economics, and politics. People saw people as witches or possessed with evil powers if they saw "something" different about them. They accused innocent people for having a small difference than others. I think the fact of accusing innocent people for being different is crazy and absurd. These people had huge fears so they had to protect themselves from evil, but this wasn't the way to do it.
Taking place between February 1962 to May 1963 in various areas of Colonial Massachusetts (Essex, Middlesex, and Suffolk counties), the Salem Witch Trials were a series of events pertaining to the accusations of witchcraft amongst many colonists. These trials were mostly due to conflicting religions, political standpoints, and moral beliefs. Another cause was due to strange occurrences taking place in the counties that led to a widespread belief that the vagabonds of the locales were taking up witchcraft. Basically, if you were considered a weirdo, you were also a witch. Also, anyone that was accused of being a witch, and the accuser need not have credibility, was practically sent to be killed as there was little chance of proving yourself innocent: i.e. (Be you a witch, thou shalt undo thy chains and survive ye drowning! Be if ye human, then thou shalt drowneth in yonder lake, though, thou will be innocent!) Some people that were accused were of different religions or just didn't go to the House of God often. Ultimately, this was a horrible chain of unfortunate events caused by terribly ignorant people. I believe that, in the end, these trials were used to scare order into the colonists and also undermine the true problems of the colonies at the time.
The Salem Witch Trials started in the late 17th century. Young women were mostly accusing women of witchcraft is how it all started. The young women who were the accusers spent most of there time reading the bible and doing other religious things, they were religious people, so you would think they can who and who arent witches but thats not true. They accused the people they did because they saw in them something different, compared to everybody else.
My opinion is i think thats wrong. You cant tell if a person is a witch or not from their appearance or there lifestyle. Not everybody is the same back then, or today. Its also said that the women who they thought were possessed were suffering from hysteria, how can one person tell?
THE Salem witch trials were hearings followed by court trials to prosecute people accused of witchcraft. The trials were originally made in small towns such as: Salem village; Ipswich; Andover; and Salem town.The trials were conducted in two courts. The first court hearing(in 1692) was in Salem town. Over 150 people were arrested, sent to jail, or hanged. At least five of the accused died in jail. 26 were sent to be put on trial and in the court were convicted. The second court session (1693), which was held in Salem village, Ipswich, boston, and Charlestown; produced only 3 convictions of the 33 witchcraft trials. These two courts convicted 29 people of capital felony of witchcraft. 19 of these accused were hanged. I belive that most of the people who were hanged, sent to jail, arrested, were judged wrong because of false accusations, and religious hatred.
The Salem Witch trial find their origins in the social, economic and religious problems that plagued seventeenth century Salem.People would accuse other people because of property disputes, religious differences or simply because a person had something peculiar on them. My reaction is that the trial served its purpose; which was to get rid of certain people from society. Although this kind of behavior is restricted in modern world but we can still find traces of it in our society.
The Puritan community suffered from a widespread hysteria of belief in witchcraft that all started when a group of girls began to display bizarre behavior. An ongoing frontier war, economic conditions, congregational strife, teenage boredom, and personal jealousies can account for the spiraling accusations, trials, and executions that occurred in the spring and summer of 1692. Those who were different or believed differently were the ones usually accused and sentenced to hang. This should have never happened. It amazes me how utterly foolish people can be. It’s ridiculous that such things occur. I don’t think anyone should ever be prosecuted for not being like everyone else. -Paola Buitrago
The salem witch trials is a theory based hysteria, based on religion, accusation, and fear. The roots of the phenomenon began with peculiar young women. Of course, they are to blame based on their feeble age, gender and odd nature. And any oddity is considered a subject of conspiracy. When conspiracy arises, rumors are spread. Personally, I feel the Salem Witch Trials are abosultly ridiculous in every sense of the word. Elemantry and foolish rumors spread to cause a roucus of fear and humilty amoungst innocent beings. Neighbors turn against each other for a sense of their own security. Extemely contridictive and hypocritcal of the church and followers to go along and actually believe what was being said. Very "unreligious" in my opinion. -Beca Salazar
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From June through September of 1692, 20 men and women, all having been convicted of witchcraft, were carted to Gallows Hill for hanging. Hundreds of others faced accusations of witchcraft. Then, almost as soon as it had begun, the hysteria that swept through Puritan Massachusetts ended. The main factors that influenced the start of Salem Witch Trials were a combination of politics, religion, family feuds, economics and fear. The victims were accused because they were basically not normal. If one thing was peculiar about them, they were accused. My reaction, is that it's pretty stupid. Fear, as shown in this event, really takes over people's minds and make them think things that aren't real. Innocent people were accused of things they never did.
Chandupa Abeyratna
The Salem Witch Trials started between February 1692 and May 1693 and it was in the counties of Essex, Suffolk, Middlesex, in colonial Massachusetts. A few girls from the town accused the townspeople because they had no childhood. They always spent there days doing chores or studying the bible. The girls started acting as they were the victims of witches. Apparently people believed them and this got them out of chores, studying the bible, and murder. The people were accused because if they did something weird or not right then they would be accused. I was really shocked when I heard about these witchcraft trials because it wasn't fair to the people who were accused and ruined the people's lives forever.
Rachel Chung
The Salem Witch trials were an unfortunate even which occured between February 1692 to May 1693. It took place in Colonial Massachusetts, in the counties of Middlesex, Essex, and Suffolk. It consisted of women who were accused of being witches to be punished most times, very severly. This whole event started because of different political, religous and moral beliefs. They were accused because of pretty much anything. You could've been just straight out weird and you would be accused of being a witch. My reaction to this whole event, was some what ethnocentric. Today, we know that this is just outright wrong and stupid, but back then, they thought it was completly normal.
Shyam Sharma
The Salem Witch trials took place from 1692 to 1693. Victims were accused for having different political,religous, and economic beliefs. They were accused if they did something that nobody else did or looked different from everybody else around them. If there was anything weird about you then you were accused of being a witch. My reaction to this event is that it was wrong to accuse these people of being witches. They had no proof of that and we know today that those people really weren't witches.
Dallas Boris
The Salem which trials occurred between February 1692 to May 1693. It took place in Massachusetts where victims were accused for following different religions and beliefs. The main factors that influenced the start of the Salem Witch Trials, were a combination of politics, religion, family feuds, economics and fear. Anybody accused would have been sent to the gallows to be hung or amputated. Mostly women were accused as witches and sometimes can be accused for no reason. My reaction to this event is that back in the day people didn't have facts on knowing if witches were real or not. The information we have in our modern time now proves that witches are completely fake.
Dominik Weber
The Salem witch trials occurred from February 1692 to May 1693. They Happened in places such as Suffolk, Middlesex, and Essex. The trials were mostly women being accused of witch craft. A witch was someone who would stay home all day and read the bible and do chores all day. Someone out of the ordinary; someone who wasn't "normal." The reason for the Witch trials were because of different religious beliefs and confusion. It didn't matter what you did or who found out. I think the whole thing is crazy and not a reason to kill anyone. The people who were the accusers didn't even have any kind of proof just there word. I think it was just another way to get rid of someone you didn't like.
The Salem Witch Trials began in the year of 1692, when a reverends daughter and niece became sick and the doctor, that was brought in diagnosed it as bewitchment. The trials were mainly caused from imagination, fear, and strong religious belief.This lead to the death of nineteen men and women.One of which was crushed to death. Also, their strong Puritanical belief is what caused them to believe that the devil was behind the epidemics happening at the time. Their neighboring towns had small pox and they were frightened of being attacked by the surrounding Native American tribes. This fear that the Puritans had was that God was punishing them and so it would have been easy witch craft to start.One hundred and forty people were accused of being a witch.Salem Village, Ipswich, Andover and Salem Town. The best-known trials were conducted by the Court of Oyer and Terminer in 1692 in Salem Town. A majority of the people accused of being in the witch trials were women.The women were forty years or older.The people accused were not necessarily witches they could have been odd, unliked by the majority. They could have been a different race or religion. Women were hung in the gallows, some imprisoned and others burned at the stake. I believe that the Salem witch trials were a cruel and unusual punishment. Looking back at it from present prospective I believe that people should not have been treat differently or the way they were. The people that believed and judged the trials were ignorant and preposterous.The main thing that blows my mind is that their cases took court based on the words of an eleven year old and nine year old. The Salem Witch Trials ended on May 1693.
Suher Alsurakhi
The Salem Witch Trials began in February 1962 and continued to May 1963. Through this one year period, one hundred and forty people were accused of witchcraft. Nineteen of these people were hung, thirteen died in prison cells, and one man by the name Giles Corey, was crushed to death for not wanting to give forth a plea. These people were accused for being themselves and following their daily routine. One slip up and they were automatically accused of being a witch. Some were accused because of their inability to go to church regularly. The people in the counties were this took place, were simply scared of impending Native American attacks and a recent outbreak of smallpox. These people felt that their god was punishing them, so instead of them getting punished themselves, they decided to accuse people that had something going on in their lives. In my opinion, these accusations and this time period is the personification of stupidity and foolishness. The boneheads involved with this were being stupid and attacking innocent people who were not even close to what their accusations held them accountable.
Virej Patel
During the mid 1600's in certain parts of colonial Massachusetts, people were accused of witchcraft, tried, and ultimately hung. This period of time became known as the Salem Witch Trials. It began when people came down with horrible seizures of unknown cause. Because the people did not know what caused the seizures, they began to accuse outcasts in their towns as witches who used demonic powers to afflict pain among the other citizens. Those accused of being witches, mainly the poor, mentally challenged, or slaves, were brought to court and tried. I believe that the trials were completely one-sided and cruel. If you were accused of being a witch, most likely, you were as good as dead. Thankfully this was only a brief period of hysteria and has not happened in America since then.
The Salem Witch trails had begun in 1692 and lasted for about a year. The whole uproar of accusations against unusual individuals was caused because of politics, religion, family feuds, economics, and mostly fear. Some say that two girls were possessed by witches because of their unusual activity. Soon, fear spread throughout the colony of Massachusetts. Many strong religious citizens believed that the Devil would use witches to harm other people through black magic. People began to accuse any one, who acted unusual, who was caught doing something weird, or even people who acted completely normal, as witches. Witches who were found guilty (which almost all were) would be sent to jail or executed. After the fairly short period of accusations, the trials stopped and were announced as a mistake. I believe that the colonists were scared and paranoid. If one person is announced as a witch then so is another person and then the link would go on. Fear would spread even more then before and paranoia would play a huge role in the accusations. Overall the trails were unjust and the people had no proof that certain individuals were witches.
Amer Garlasco
The Salam Witch Trials accused people of performing witchcraft. The accused were put in front of a series of court hearings which eventually went in front of a county court. This happened between February 1692 and May 1693. It started when the two dyoung girs of ages 9 and 11 started having fits that were beyond the power of epileptic ftis. The girls screamed, threw things around the room, made strange sounds, and crawled under furniture. The doctors could not find anythiing wrong with the girls and other young women started to have similar behaviors. The first three people to get arrested were not very liked in the community. One of the people was homeless and always begged for food. Another one was a slave of a different religion, and the last one didn't attend church often. They were seen as different, wnd when they were tried, no one stood up for them. I think that the witch trials were brought on by ignorance. The puritans didn't want to try and find a reasonable explanation. They also wanted to maintain order in the colony. If people were afraid of being accused of witchcraft for being abnormal, then they would try to follow laws as best as possible and do what they were told. Ultimately i think the witch trials were a control scare tactic and ignorance of the rulers of the colony.
Joseph Varrecchia
The Salem Witch Trials were a series of hearings that took place in the county courts of Essex, Suffolk, and Middlesex. These trials took place between February 1692 and May 1963. The men and women that went to these trials were being accused of witchcraft. Over 150 people were were arrested or imprisoned. All 26 people that were put on trial were convicted and, they were killed, because the people of Massachusetts thought that person was a witch. My reaction toward the Salem Witch Trials is that this whole situation was idiotic, because these people were definatley not witches and innocent people were killed for no reason.
Nick Smith
The Salem Witch Trials began in 1692 and ended in 1692.The factors that influenced the Salem Witch Trials were fear , religion, family feuds, economics and politics. The number they accused people for being a witch was in a matter of a year was one hundred and forty. The reasons for the accusation of these people were the lack of going to church and because those accusing felt that these people were witches because of their actions and abnormal behavior such as being at their own home doing what they wanted, which in my opinion is completely fine. These accusations were absurd in my point of view of the Salem Witch Trials. The people accusing were ignorant and foolish. Those who died during this time period of the Salem Witch Trials had unfortunate death for no reason at all.
Jasleen Molina
The Salem Witch Trials were very unfortunate which happened between February 1692 through May 1963 and took place in Colonial Massachusetts in Essex, Suffolk and Middlesex counties. This time period of a little over a year, many people were accused of witchcraft. These two young girls, ages 9 and 11, were acting very peculiar and out of the ordinary. Three girls were accused of witchcraft and sent to jail. They were not guilty, but since they were outcasts in the town, they were "usual suspects." 154 individuals were accused. My reaction to all of this is that these trials were very necessary. Many innocent souls were lost just because they were "different," and their society couldn't accept that. The people back then thought it was the right thing to do, but our society and I now look back on this event and frown upon it for it was very ignorant.
-Josh Dranto
The Salem witch trials was approximately a year long era in American history; during which, a ridiculous amount of innocent people were prosecuted for practicing "witchcraft." One of the more immediate causes of this period of hysteria was the Parris household. Tituba, the Parris family slave led a sort of fortune-telling/divination circle with Betty and Abigail Parris as well as several other little girls. Tituba frightened the girls with stories about witchcraft and demons. Eventually, the stories scared the girls so much that they began to act strangely. When a doctor was brought in and it was determined there was no physical reason for their behavior, the girls were put on a special trial. A wave of terror and hysteria began to sweep through Massachusetts and started a domino effect as more people started accusing more and more people of witchraft. By the end of the Salem witch trials, over 200 people had been accused and put on trial. Honestly, I think the whole thing is kind of stupid. The courts accused (and convicted!) innocent people of a crime they didn't even have proof existed. I think having someone to blame for the rough time the colonies were experiencing made the times easier for everyone. Or so the courts thought.
Nicole Verduin
The Salem Witch Trials were throughout February 1692 to May 1693. The accusing started with family feuds, religion, economics, and politics. People saw people as witches or possessed with evil powers if they saw "something" different about them. They accused innocent people for having a small difference than others. I think the fact of accusing innocent people for being different is crazy and absurd. These people had huge fears so they had to protect themselves from evil, but this wasn't the way to do it.
-Felipe Villanueva
Taking place between February 1962 to May 1963 in various areas of Colonial Massachusetts (Essex, Middlesex, and Suffolk counties), the Salem Witch Trials were a series of events pertaining to the accusations of witchcraft amongst many colonists. These trials were mostly due to conflicting religions, political standpoints, and moral beliefs. Another cause was due to strange occurrences taking place in the counties that led to a widespread belief that the vagabonds of the locales were taking up witchcraft. Basically, if you were considered a weirdo, you were also a witch. Also, anyone that was accused of being a witch, and the accuser need not have credibility, was practically sent to be killed as there was little chance of proving yourself innocent: i.e. (Be you a witch, thou shalt undo thy chains and survive ye drowning! Be if ye human, then thou shalt drowneth in yonder lake, though, thou will be innocent!) Some people that were accused were of different religions or just didn't go to the House of God often. Ultimately, this was a horrible chain of unfortunate events caused by terribly ignorant people. I believe that, in the end, these trials were used to scare order into the colonists and also undermine the true problems of the colonies at the time.
Andrew Casano
The Salem Witch Trials started in the late 17th century. Young women were mostly accusing women of witchcraft is how it all started. The young women who were the accusers spent most of there time reading the bible and doing other religious things, they were religious people, so you would think they can who and who arent witches but thats not true. They accused the people they did because they saw in them something different, compared to everybody else.
My opinion is i think thats wrong. You cant tell if a person is a witch or not from their appearance or there lifestyle. Not everybody is the same back then, or today. Its also said that the women who they thought were possessed were suffering from hysteria, how can one person tell?
Yazmin Hogan
THE Salem witch trials were hearings followed by court trials to prosecute people accused of witchcraft. The trials were originally made in small towns such as: Salem village; Ipswich; Andover; and Salem town.The trials were conducted in two courts. The first court hearing(in 1692) was in Salem town. Over 150 people were arrested, sent to jail, or hanged. At least five of the accused died in jail. 26 were sent to be put on trial and in the court were convicted. The second court session (1693), which was held in Salem village, Ipswich, boston, and Charlestown; produced only 3 convictions of the 33 witchcraft trials. These two courts convicted 29 people of capital felony of witchcraft. 19 of these accused were hanged. I belive that most of the people who were hanged, sent to jail, arrested, were judged wrong because of false accusations, and religious hatred.
Jessie Garcia
The Salem Witch trial find their origins in the social, economic and religious problems that plagued seventeenth century Salem.People would accuse other people because of property disputes, religious differences or simply because a person had something peculiar on them. My reaction is that the trial served its purpose; which was to get rid of certain people from society. Although this kind of behavior is restricted in modern world but we can still find traces of it in our society.
M Ahmad
The Puritan community suffered from a widespread hysteria of belief in witchcraft that all started when a group of girls began to display bizarre behavior. An ongoing frontier war, economic conditions, congregational strife, teenage boredom, and personal jealousies can account for the spiraling accusations, trials, and executions that occurred in the spring and summer of 1692. Those who were different or believed differently were the ones usually accused and sentenced to hang. This should have never happened. It amazes me how utterly foolish people can be. It’s ridiculous that such things occur. I don’t think anyone should ever be prosecuted for not being like everyone else.
-Paola Buitrago
The salem witch trials is a theory based hysteria, based on religion, accusation, and fear. The roots of the phenomenon began with peculiar young women. Of course, they are to blame based on their feeble age, gender and odd nature. And any oddity is considered a subject of conspiracy. When conspiracy arises, rumors are spread. Personally, I feel the Salem Witch Trials are abosultly ridiculous in every sense of the word. Elemantry and foolish rumors spread to cause a roucus of fear and humilty amoungst innocent beings. Neighbors turn against each other for a sense of their own security. Extemely contridictive and hypocritcal of the church and followers to go along and actually believe what was being said.
Very "unreligious" in my opinion.
-Beca Salazar
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