https://padlet.com/21elamjc/5ncjyj50diib What we think of the Salem Witch Trial hysteria en-us 2016-08-24 20:06:56 UTC 2024-05-17 18:04:14 UTC hello@padlet.com 21bommaritoej https://padlet.com/21elamjc/5ncjyj50diib/wish/119930601 The Salem Witch Trial of 1692 was caused by an outbreak of suspicion, which led to 20 people being killed. In the 1600's, Protestant Christians left England and came to New England because they were unhappy with their churches teachings. The Protestant Christians became known as Puritans. The Puritans took everything thing in the Bible as fact and lived by it. In the Bible, it stated that the Devil could take over a person's body as one of its trick. After this, people began accusing others of being witches and turning against even their closest neighbors and friends. The Witch Trial lasted a little over 3 months and it finally ended when the governor's own wife was accused. Over 3 centuries later, historians today still have not agreed on the cause of the hysteria that erupted in  Salem Massachusetts.]]> 2016-08-25 20:25:14 UTC https://padlet.com/21elamjc/5ncjyj50diib/wish/119930601 21bommaritoej https://padlet.com/21elamjc/5ncjyj50diib/wish/119932508 - Twenty people were hung during the Salem Witch Trial Hysteria. Of the 20 people hung, 13 were women and 7 were men.
- Four people who were accused died in jail, but nobody knew for sure if they were taken over by the devil. The hangings were monthly and people were killed in large groups.

]]> 2016-08-25 20:35:50 UTC https://padlet.com/21elamjc/5ncjyj50diib/wish/119932508 21heinemeieke https://padlet.com/21elamjc/5ncjyj50diib/wish/119932840 - Most of the accusers were on the western half, which was the poorer half. The majority of defenders and "witches" were on the eastern, but wealthier side 
- Since the  western side was poor, many people became angry and jealous, and started to accuse the more powerful people of being witches. They also started to accuse people because the balance of power was off between the two halves, so one was much successful than the other. This was a part of the cause of the Salem Witch Trial Hysteria.

]]> 2016-08-25 20:38:10 UTC https://padlet.com/21elamjc/5ncjyj50diib/wish/119932840 21bommaritoej https://padlet.com/21elamjc/5ncjyj50diib/wish/119933117 - Most people accused, were married women. The most common ages of the women that were accused was the range of ages from 41-60.
- Most of the accusers were single women from the ages 16-20.
- One theory is that the single women were jealous of the married women, and therefore, they accused the married women.]]> 2016-08-25 20:40:04 UTC https://padlet.com/21elamjc/5ncjyj50diib/wish/119933117 21bommaritoej https://padlet.com/21elamjc/5ncjyj50diib/wish/119933292 - Bridget Bishop was the first accused witch to be hung. Doc C can be used to discover that the accused witches, such as Bridget,  were judged unfairly and although they denied practicing witchcraft, they were still killed.
- During the examination/judgement of Bridget Bishop, the examiners tortured the accusers and blamed there cries of pain on Bishop even though she couldn't possibly have been causing this.]]> 2016-08-25 20:41:28 UTC https://padlet.com/21elamjc/5ncjyj50diib/wish/119933292 21heinemeieke https://padlet.com/21elamjc/5ncjyj50diib/wish/119934491 - In Charles Upham's  speech, he expressed that he thought the afflicted girls where just acting. He also believed that the girls had intoxicated others by their acting, leading to their terrible success
- Upham also mentioned how he thought that the adults and community were blind, and fooled by the girl's acting.
 In addition, many of the girls were young and foolish enough that they were too caught up in their newfound fame to realize that their accusations were affecting other people's lives; in a negative way]]> 2016-08-25 20:51:07 UTC https://padlet.com/21elamjc/5ncjyj50diib/wish/119934491