Far from Tolerance: The Causes of the Salem Witch Trials On March 24, 1692, Rebecca Nurse, an elderly woman and respected member of Salem Village, was arrested on suspicion of witchcraft (Rosenthal Document 23). She was accused based solely on the testimony of four young girls who claimed that the apparition of Rebecca Nurse had severely harmed them. Many witnesses testified in favor of her, but ultimately the "afflicted girls" prevailed. Nurse was executed on July 19, 1692 (Godbeer 185). She
Introduction: The Salem Witch Trials were “unfair” throughout countless eyes of villagers that lived in Salem village during this ghastly era. These trials were conducted on people that were either “seen” conducting strange activity or exhibiting strange behavior. The villagers called these people who were accused of showing abnormal behavior, witches. These witches were tried in court and the judges would determine whether that whitch would be announced innocent or would be given a punishment, which
The lack of the Puritan’s religious tolerance led to hasty accusations, but there were also other issues in Salem at the time of the trials that made the community tense. According to discovreyeducation(.com), there were two parts of Salem at the time of the witch trials: Salem Town and Salem Village. Salem Town thrived; it consisted of the wealthy and had success with trade in London. Salem Village was divided. On one hand, there were the farmers who only had rugged terrain to make a living. On the
The Salem Witch Trials of 1692 were a dark time in American history. More than 200 people were accused of practicing witchcraft and 20 were killed during the hysteria. More than half that were killed were innocently accused. The Salem Witch Trials tore apart the town of Salem due to a decline in church morals, greed for more land, jealously of others, and the power of suggestion causing fear. The church’s morals at this point were nowhere to be found. There were many people accused in The Salem Witch
The Salem Witch Trials occurred during a time where tensions were high and strong Puritanical beliefs ruled the way of thinking. Salem-Village was a relatively isolate area, being far enough away from any other town that they had to travel to the town of Salem a few miles away through the woods just to be able to go to church. This seclusion led to mass paranoia and a fear that they were in constant danger of the devil’s influence. The fears brought about by these circumstances caused a massive witch
The Salem witch trials was a time where many emotions were contained for so long that eventually it exploded into a terrible ordeal. Everyone was supposed to be of the same religion, but once it started you questioned what they really believed in. There was plenty of weaknesses in the village that’s why all this happened, but there was also signs of courage shown by people who wanted to protect what they believed in. The truth was hard to find and most of the time it was punished. First of all was
In the Puritan New England town of Salem, Massachusetts, a group of girls get bored so they ask Tituba, Reverend Parris’s slave, to entertain them and she agreed because she loves Betty so much. Betty, Abigail, and their friends went into the woods with Tituba; while dancing and casting spells they were caught by Bettys father, Reverend Parris. The girls knew they would be publicly humiliated, whipped in front of the village, if anyone was to know about them playing in the “Devils Playground”, that’s
event was the Salem Witch Trials. According to an article, The Salem Witch Trials, “Rampant fear among the Puritans in the New England village of Salem sparked attacks against anyone who was suspected of witchcraft” (The Salem Witch Trials). The thing about the Europeans in early Massachusetts is that they were heavily religious. Witchcraft, in Salem, was considered a crime against Christianity that went beyond the law; normal legal actions were amplified, i.e. death by noose (The Salem Witchcraft Trials)
The Salem Witch Trial Hysteria, what do you think caused it? Maybe the teenaged girls, the little girls, or poor people. these paragraphs will tell you what started the salem witch trials. first will be the poor teenaged girls that are drunk with power. Then three other statements that are teenaged girls that accused older women of witchcraft, then little girls the are going crazy while being drunk with power, lasty the poor people that were jelous of the richer people. This first paragraph is
The Salem witch trials were a set of trials between February 1692 and May 1693 in the Massachusetts town of Salem. The trials were based on people in the town who were accused of being witches or practicing witchcraft. A total of 200 people were accused and 20 were executed. Today, knowledge of these trials happening is vast but information regarding the reasons behind the townspeople committing these atrocities is not a lot. The reasons behind the Salem witch trials were the belief at the time that