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Create a blog post in response to one of the following prompts:

a) Do you think that the Salem Witch Trials would have escalated if the accusations started in a colony where religion was less important to everyday life? Why or why not?

b) The speed with which the Salem Witch Trials took off is often related to mob mentality. What is mob mentality and how does it relate to the Salem Witch Trials?

c) How can you relate the Salem Witch Trials to the present (cancel culture, politics, social justice issues, etc.)?

You may either write your post or record a 1 minute video of yourself responding to the prompt. Please include your name and class period, otherwise you will not receive credit.

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What really happened during the Salem Witch Trials - Brian A. Pavlac

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I don't think the Salem witch trials would have escalated because people were envious of people and if they just saw something off they would call them a witch

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A) It probably would have escalated because even if people aren't religious, that doesn't mean they can't get scared by things. People who don't believe in things like that can also get scared if people keep talking about it and spreading rumors. It's like watching a horror movie where you know monsters aren't real but it still scares you. Some people were so paranoid that they started to go crazy and then them themselves became the witches.

B) A mob mentality is a group of people who influence each other to think a certain way. In the Salem Witch trials people kept spreading wrong and scary rumors about people being witches. This made the townspeople scared to the point were they would execute the people who accused of such things.

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A) I think that the Witch Trials would've occurred differently if the accusations had happened in a less religious colony, but it would have been escalated, just not to the point Salem did. The thing that made the Salem Witch Trials escalate so greatly was their naivete and the way they would believe accusations coming from children. If the trials had started in a place where those in charge were not easily swayed and had

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b) Mob mentality is when individuals' mindsets and values are changed in a large group. Mob mentality relates to the Salem Witch Trials because when these people were "Possessed", their mentality were changed due to the group of people they were with, in this case, their religion.

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A) the witch trails would've escalated if it started in a colony of religion, since every religion has its own beliefs and how they're perspective on wrong doings and how they would be punished.
B) mob mentality = "describes how people can be influenced by their peers to adopt certain behaviors on a largely emotional, rather than rational, basis." and it relates since she was doing or practicing witch craft is like doing gang activity since your beliefs with demons are like people with you.
C) i cant relate to the salem with trail personally

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A) Do you think that the Salem Witch Trials would have escalated if the accusations started in a colony where religion was less important to everyday life? Why or why not?
Answer: Yes, I personally think that they would have used exorcism as a way of extorting the devil out of the people instead of killing them. In movies, whenever they feel like their house is haunted or has a demon they always resort to contacting a church. But in 1692, I don't think that church was a big thing for them to be participating in. The only thing they knew to do was kill the devil which was in the people supposedly. So they just tried to kill them all to end the ritual.

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Yes , i think that the Salem Witch Trials would've escalated because you didn't have to be religious for things to happen. Also people were going by what they had heard not what they seen so basically it would've happened anyways if the government/ruler would've said what they think .

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a) Do you think that the Salem Witch Trials would have escalated if the accusations started in a colony where religion was less important to everyday life? Why or why not?

yes i believe it will have escalated less because non religious people wouldn't have kill and hang people, instead they will have probably have find less deadly solution.

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a) Do you think that the Salem Witch Trials would have escalated if the accusations started in a colony where religion was less important to everyday life? Why or why not?

no because people would think you are going crazy and woulnt pay attention to you unless you have some good poof that people can be witches

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a) Do you think that the Salem Witch Trials would have escalated if the accusations started in a colony where religion was less important to everyday life? Why or why not?
Answer: No, I do mot think that the Salem Witch Trials would have gotten as bad as it had gotten if the accusations started with colonies were less religious

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A) Do you think that the Salem Witch Trials would have escalated if the accusations started in a colony where religion was less important to everyday life? Why or why not?

I don't think the Salem Witch trials would have been escalated if accusations started in a colony where religion was less important because they wouldn't have addressed the situation by hanging and killing "Witches"  but they certainly would have acknowledged the situation.

B)What is mob mentality and how does it relate to the Salem Witch Trials?
Mob mentality is when people join up in a group following what others might do examples: Riots, protest, etc. It relates to Salem Witch trials because people gathered in hearings to accuse people for "Witchcraft".

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a) Do you think that the Salem Witch Trials would have escalated if the accusations started in a colony where religion was less important to everyday life? Why or why not?

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yes i think so because less people would of bee killed .

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a) I can relate the Salem Witch Trials to

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b.What is mob mentality and how does it relate to the Salem Witch Trials? It's when a lot of people in a pack or group do what others do or they act similiar and it relates because people would unite to accuse people for being "Witches"

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A) Do you think that the Salem Witch Trials would have escalated if the accusations started in a colony where religion was less important to everyday life? Why or why not?

I think the Salem witch trials would have deescalated if the accusations started in a colony where ‘religion was less important to everyday life because hearing about “deals with the devil” and “Possession by demons” if everyone doesn’t believe in heaven or hell.

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B. The speed with which the Salem Witch Trials took off is often related to mob mentality. What is mob mentality and how does it relate to the Salem Witch Trials?

Mod Mentality is the tendency for individuals to mimic the actions of a larger group, Individually, most people would not make the same choice. Mod mentality relates to the Salem Witch Trials because Mob Mentality In Salem was why the trials escalated so quickly. This is because if you did not want to be accused, you had to accuse others. People who "scoffed at accusations risked becoming targets themselves."Mob mentality made the Salem witch trials very powerful. It forced everybody that wanted to live to be active accusers and strongly support the fight to rid Salem of witches. People left their personal beliefs aside and conformed to the beliefs of the mob.

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c) yes i can relate to it since my dads side or the family is very religious and they don't really believe in witch craft and none of those type of things,  but if there is ever a situation where they run through something like that they would most likely move or be as far away of those witch things

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c) How can you relate the Salem Witch Trials to the present (cancel culture, politics, social justice issues, etc.)?

Answer: I can relate this "Salem Witch Trials" to modern day life in the fashion that a lot of the religions we have in this day try to enforce their power on others and abuse their position, they create conspiracies and rumors of such harmless little things and even things that are actually good for us as people. Most religions and religious people think of others as demonic agents due to some mistake they did or just because they don't believe in the same things and aren't like them. These religious people also try forcing and commanding others through fear and emotions. In these modern times people would rather base their opinions and facts off of hardcore evidence and proof, not just mob mentality. In a way the things that happened during the Salem witch trials are still kind of happening to this day just not as insanely extreme. A big way to relate this is because of how obsessed some people can be that they would give away and ruin their whole life just at the thought of praising this greater being and expecting something in return, or trying to fight off these "demonic agents" that they seem to believe are real and then get lashed back at over it in some turn.

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A) Do you think that the Salem Witch Trials would have escalated if the accusations started in a colony where religion was less important to everyday life? Why or why not?

I think they wouldn’t have escalated as much but they still would have to some degree this is because though its most likely just a tail many people would still be curious about why the girls suddenly started acting strangely. Think about it if you see that there are a bunch of cases where little girls are starting to act differently out of the blue and the number of cases keeps growing what would you think I know I would be worried.

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A-Do you think that the Salem Witch Trials would have escalated if the accusations started in a colony where religion was less important to everyday life? Why or why not? Salem witch preliminaries, (June 1692–May 1693), in American history, a progression of examinations and abuses that caused 19 indicted "witches." to be hanged and numerous different suspects to be detained in Salem Town

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a) Do you think that the Salem Witch Trials would have escalated if the accusations started in a colony where religion was less important to everyday life? Why or why not?

Yes, I think it would’ve escalated because the non-religious people would not kill or hang them. Plus, the people don’t have evidence, they just go off based on what they heard.

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lisandra perez A) I think it could of have escalated because the people that were not in any religion the rest of the people would not hang them and kill them. They also did not have any type of solid evidence that what they were saying was the truth and thanks to them not been able able to prove anything they had to rely on what people said.

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lisandra perez A) I think it could of have escalated because the people that were not in any religion the rest of the people would not hang them and kill them. They also did not have any type of solid evidence that what they were saying was the truth and thanks to them not been able able to prove anything they had to rely on what people said.

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a) Do you think that the Salem Witch Trials would have escalated if the accusations started in a colony where religion was less important to everyday life? Why or why not?
Answer: I think that the answer could be no because not every can prove that some of the witches that are doing witch craft are doing it for good or bad no matter how important or not life was back at that time.

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a) no, because i think people wouldint be concerning about what the whiches are doing, and no one would get in truble for any thing.

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B) yes the speed of how the trials were executed in salem

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I can relate to the salem witch trials by having dicussions with my parents like for example say something is broke and i am innocent they always blame so it is diffcult to prove my innocence

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A) No, they would probably actually ask for evidence or not even do a trial at all since they don't believe in that stuff. Since religious people don't require much information, they'll believe more weird news than someone that doesn't believe in anything too crazy. In fact, the person who would've accused someone of being a witch have probably been called crazy. The person accused would probably just be fine if that's the case. So no, they would most likely not care if they weren't religious.

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A. I think it wouldn't have escalated so quickly because different religions would view it differently and try to find some actually good evidence to make sure that's it's witch craft. They wouldn't just assume they were witches or something crazy like that. They wouldn't just use random evidence like children and spectral evidence. They would actually investigate the behaviors and actually try to get to a reasonable conclusion.

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Keori Williams                         B. mob mentality is when there's a group of people by each other arguing and fighting each other for that one thing.   

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Keori Williams                         B. mob mentality is when there's a group of people by each other arguing and fighting each other for that one thing.   

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B. Mob mentality relates to the salem witch trials because men and woman are calling each other witch craft so a other can be executed. That's like saying i take the last bag of chips and my brother wanted it the most so he told on me so he can get it.

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b) The speed with which the Salem Witch Trials took off is often related to mob mentality. What is mob mentality and how does it relate to the Salem Witch Trials?

Mod mentality is “a large and disorderly crowd of people, especially one bent on riotous or destructive action.” because of that the people in Salem were sacred of the witches. They would have few to nothing in evidence on how scared they are. They would also believe children when they would accuse someone to be a witch.

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a) Do you think that the Salem Witch Trials would have escalated if the accusations started in a colony where religion was less important to everyday life? Why or why not?
I believe that the Salem witch trials wouldn't have escalated as much if the accusations started in a colony where religion was less important because in that colony would have tried their hardest to figure out why the people were acting so strangely instead of immediately pointing the finger and saying that the people were acting strangely because they are under the influence of the devil or demons of some kind.

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A) I dont think that the situation would have escalated because if they bothered to figure out what was going on with the witched rather than hurting them they would see they they aren't all bad witches.
B) when there's a group of people are by each other and fighting each other for a certain thing.
C) I can relate to The Salem Witch Trails because my siblings like the blame me for things that they did, but sometimes i do, do the things and confess to it. Depending on how bad the thing is would determine if i get punished or not.

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a. no i dont think that salem whtch would happen in a colony where reliogon was less important due to the fact that they dont take it seriously like colonies with strict religion would.So no due to the fact that it is less important because if they did then i would think they would do it like salem witch trials did and execute people who dont go to church or believe things like that.

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c. You can relate the Salem witch trials to present justice issues on how women are treated. One thing stays true vulnerable women pay the price  for circumstances that are beyond their control.  The Salem witches were poor and vulnerable which made them targets of the criminal justice system. Today, the criminal justice system continues to punish the vulnerable women in society. Most women who end up under supervision of the U.S. correctional system, whether through probation, jail, prison or parole, come from a poor background.

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c. You can relate the Salem witch trials to present justice issues on how women are treated. One thing stays true vulnerable women pay the price  for circumstances that are beyond their control.  The Salem witches were poor and vulnerable which made them targets of the criminal justice system. Today, the criminal justice system continues to punish the vulnerable women in society. Most women who end up under supervision of the U.S. correctional system, whether through probation, jail, prison or parole, come from a poor background.

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Dalexa Lopez
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YES, I CAN RELATE TO THE SALEM WITCH TRIALS BUT, TO A CERTAIN EXTENT . MY FAMILY MEMBERS ARE ALWAYS ACCUSING ME OF THINGS I HAVE NEVER DONE IN MY LIFE AND SOMETIMES I JUST TELL MYSELF TO BE THE BIGGER PERSON AND CONFESS TO THINGS I DON'T DO BUT UNLIKE THE CHARACTERS IN THE SALEM WITCH TRIALS I DON'T GET PUNISHED OR EXECUTED. SOMETIMES TO GET PEOPLE OFF OF YOUR BACK YOU HAVE TO AGREE TO SAY THINGS YOUR NOT COOL WITH BUT IT WORKS OUT IN THE END SOMETIMES . - ERIONN WILLIAMS P.7

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A. I think the Salem witch trials wouldn't have escalated as much as Salem did in a less religious colony because they are not going to think that ghost or the evil hand exist. They also wouldn't hang the accused almost immediately like Salem did.

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Mob mentality is sort of similar to things we have today like social acceptance, meaning other people will try and act the same and have the same views as others. The people of Salem would all agree that someone is a witch if majority of people agree. The fear that if they go against it, they will receive backlash for it.

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A) The Salem Witch trials wouldn't have escalated if the accusations started in a colony where religion was less important to everyday life. The only reason the trials even started were because of religion. Religion also accelerated the insanity of the trials. Religion made people paranoid to the point where they believed what kids said with no evidence to back it up. A colony that didn't make religion so important wouldn't have had these issues.

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B) Mob Mentality is a large and disorderly crowd of people, especially one bent on riotous and destructive action. It would relate to the Salem witch trails because the peoples mentality changed when they were around a group.

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A) It depends because even if the religion was less important, people could still be scared of them. But then Again some people probably wouldn't be scared and would want to understand them. So it kind of depends on where your coming from. Yes, it would have escalated if a lot of people were scared of them. And on the other hand, No, because some people probably wouldn't care and there wouldn't be a lot of religion.

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A) I feel like people used it as a form of power over people, also a lot of people at the time were religious

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Mob mentality is a large group of people that influence each other to think in a certain way. In the Salem, witch trials were needed when people kept sprading a rumor of people to be scared tremendously. As a result, this made people that lived in the town be ready or prepare themselves for the terrifying rumor.

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B) A mob mentality is a group of people who inspired or influenced each other to believe or think in a way. In the Salem Witch trials people kept spreading very wrong and terrifying gossip about people being witches. This made the people in the town very frightening to the point were they would fully prepare themselves to the people that were rumored to be such things.

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A mob mentality is a large group of people that follow what others do and cause destructive action.

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A) I don't think that the Salem Witch Trials would have escalated because some people didn't really care too much about religion unlike some colonies that are strict, and if they did care the trials would have escalated by excuting others that didn't have certain beliefs in the religion.

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I don't think the Salem Witch Trials would have gotten any worse because some people didn't care as much about faith as the colonists did, and if they did, the trials would have gotten worse by murdering everyone who didn't share their values.

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A) The Salem witch trials would have not have escalated  if people werent fulled of jealously of other people being called "witches."

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A. Yes it probably would’ve escalated because even if people aren’t religious that doesn’t mean they don’t get scared of things.For example we watch scary movies all the time and we know those monsters from the movie aren’t real but we can’t help it and we get scared, just how when your home alone and you hear something or see something strange you also get scared I don’t know if they would’ve gotten escalated but I do know that yes people were still gonna get scared.

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Mob mentality is when individuals mindset and values are charged in a large group. Mob mentality relates to the Salem witch trials because when these people were possessed their mentality were changed due to the group of people they were with in this case their religion.

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no i don’t think it would’ve been escalated but i also think there is a posibility that they would’ve because even tho people know it doesn’t exist they still get scared like when we watch a scary movie we know the monster aren’t real but we still get scared.

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C.) i can easily relate to the Salem witch trials because i am the oldest out of all the kids and i am the one who is the most family orientated, and all the kids like to blame me for thing that they break, loose, or do that they shouldn't be doing, sometimes i will take the blame for it .. depending on if its a big situation and i don't want them to get into trouble but later on i will talk to them and try my best to teach them right from wrong because i know they look at me as a bigger person and maybe even as a role model. i myself make mistakes and will end up confessing to it and depending on the situation my parents will determine what will happen from there.

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1. Do you think that the Salem Witch Trials would have escalated if the accusations started in a colony where religion was less important to everyday life? Why or why not?

If this started in a colony less important i think it would have been less important. I

would have been more of a town thing and not escalate to other cities and start a accusation trend. It would be because there would be less people and they would be less likely to leave as well. So nothing, like news, would have spread anywhere else. (Unless a traveler was to come along the way.

2. The speed with which the Salem Witch Trials took off is often related to mob mentality. What is mob mentality and how does it relate to the Salem Witch Trials?

Mob mentality is basically monkey see monkey do. When one person declares one thing and someone agrees and then they have a following. Willing to do anything to be apart of the crowd, especially when it comes to hatred.

1. How can you relate the Salem Witch Trials to the present (cancel culture, politics, social justice issues, etc.)?

The Salem Witch trials is basically the same thing we have today. Now in days I’d like to say that a lot of people are very sensitive. For most things anyways. Cancel culture is basically the start of your ruin. It’s also mob mentality. If one person claims something against someone then someone else will follow. Although I’d like to say that if you have apologized for a certain action and that group of people forgave you then its done. No need to drag it on. Everything to this day is mob mentality and accusations of anything.