Salem Witch Trials by Soleil Xavier https://padlet.com/s_soleil_xavier/8vdqiwpz8g1c What caused them? en-us 2019-12-12 17:13:37 UTC 2025-10-06 09:54:59 UTC hello@padlet.com How did the Puritans contribute to the trials? s_soleil_xavier https://padlet.com/s_soleil_xavier/8vdqiwpz8g1c/wish/423401957 Puritans believed that God chose whether or not you went to Heaven before you were even born, and because of this did every good deed(or what they considered good deeds) they could imagine to be among the elect. This included ridding Salem of witches.]]> 2019-12-12 17:16:23 UTC https://padlet.com/s_soleil_xavier/8vdqiwpz8g1c/wish/423401957 Picture of Puritans s_soleil_xavier https://padlet.com/s_soleil_xavier/8vdqiwpz8g1c/wish/423418603   ]]> 2019-12-12 17:39:45 UTC https://padlet.com/s_soleil_xavier/8vdqiwpz8g1c/wish/423418603 The hallucinating bread s_soleil_xavier https://padlet.com/s_soleil_xavier/8vdqiwpz8g1c/wish/423678841 Ergot was a fungi that had the ability to make people hallucinate. The poison was very possibly a helper in the trials because of its side-effects.]]> 2019-12-13 07:14:42 UTC https://padlet.com/s_soleil_xavier/8vdqiwpz8g1c/wish/423678841 How Hysteria contributed s_soleil_xavier https://padlet.com/s_soleil_xavier/8vdqiwpz8g1c/wish/423680733 The diagnosis of Hysteria is another likely contributor. People with hysteria would experience outbursts of dramatic emotions when stressed. Which is understandable seeing that they thought they were in danger of being cursed by a witch]]> 2019-12-13 07:27:35 UTC https://padlet.com/s_soleil_xavier/8vdqiwpz8g1c/wish/423680733 Picture of Ergot s_soleil_xavier https://padlet.com/s_soleil_xavier/8vdqiwpz8g1c/wish/423681407 2019-12-13 07:32:20 UTC https://padlet.com/s_soleil_xavier/8vdqiwpz8g1c/wish/423681407 "The Puritan ethic of hard work was partly an attempt to prove to themselves and others that they were among the elect." s_soleil_xavier https://padlet.com/s_soleil_xavier/8vdqiwpz8g1c/wish/423771151
"Thou shall not suffer a witch to live."
"]]> 2019-12-13 13:34:02 UTC https://padlet.com/s_soleil_xavier/8vdqiwpz8g1c/wish/423771151 "The fits they experienced were very likely genuine, born of anxiety over a magic that threatened to overpower them." s_soleil_xavier https://padlet.com/s_soleil_xavier/8vdqiwpz8g1c/wish/423771465

]]> 2019-12-13 13:34:48 UTC https://padlet.com/s_soleil_xavier/8vdqiwpz8g1c/wish/423771465 "(Ergot) has 10 percent of the activity of LSD, (and) is also found in morning glory seeds, the ritual hallucinogenic drug used by the Aztecs." s_soleil_xavier https://padlet.com/s_soleil_xavier/8vdqiwpz8g1c/wish/423774492 2019-12-13 13:41:05 UTC https://padlet.com/s_soleil_xavier/8vdqiwpz8g1c/wish/423774492 What Caused the Salem WItch Trials? s_soleil_xavier https://padlet.com/s_soleil_xavier/8vdqiwpz8g1c/wish/423778640 In all, I think the main cause of the trials was the Puritans and their beliefs that led them to believe witches were real and had to be executed. The effects that Ergot put on people led witchcraft to be all the more believable, and finally hysteria whose symptoms also largely contributed to these trials.]]> 2019-12-13 13:49:09 UTC https://padlet.com/s_soleil_xavier/8vdqiwpz8g1c/wish/423778640