https://padlet.com/99014138/g0s9teuhwkq1 en-us 2017-11-09 17:20:55 UTC 2025-11-15 13:55:25 UTC hello@padlet.com 99015481 https://padlet.com/99014138/g0s9teuhwkq1/wish/205406732         In the seventeenth century witch craft was evolving in the dominion of New England. In 1689, the community fell under harsh rule building up resentment among the colonists. This resulted into an angry uprising and for three years Massachusetts had no firm leadership. Historians believe  that this lack of leadership in Massachusetts was a leading factor in the witchcraft trials. Prior to this political downfall, many New Englanders in the area had been accused of witchcraft, but the Puritan community remained relatively calm about the situation. However, after the government was overthrown, there was no firm authority to calm the citizens. The atmosphere gradually escalated into mass hysteria and the crime of witchcraft was a felony. Of the 100 people accused before the 1690s, at least twelve were executed. With the rise of witchcrafts hundreds of people accused of witchcraft in England were killed, while thousands of suspected witches  were executed in Scotland, Germany, and Scandinavia.

Moss, Joyce, and George Wilson. "The Crucible." Literature and Its Times: Profiles of 300 Notable Literary Works and the Historical Events that Influenced Them, vol. 1: Ancient Times to the American and French Revolutions (Prehistory-1790s), Gale, 1997, pp. 78-86. Gale Virtual Reference Library, go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?p=GVRL&sw=w&u=stev76221&v=2.1&id=GALE%7CCX2875100024&it=r&asid=2283415e0e40395dbbe05e0c901e66a5. Accessed 9 Nov. 2017.

]]> 2017-11-09 17:45:43 UTC https://padlet.com/99014138/g0s9teuhwkq1/wish/205406732 99014440 https://padlet.com/99014138/g0s9teuhwkq1/wish/205407642 -    Moss, Joyce, and George Wilson. "The Crucible." Literature and Its Times: Profiles of 300 Notable Literary Works and the Historical Events that Influenced Them, vol. 1: Ancient Times to the American and French Revolutions (Prehistory-1790s), Gale, 1997, pp. 78-86. Gale Virtual Reference Library, go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?p=GVRL&sw=w&u=stev76221&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CCX2875100024&asid=2283415e0e40395dbbe05e0c901e66a5. Accessed 9 Nov. 2017.
-MIDELFORT, H. C. ERIK. "Witchcraft." Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World, edited by Jonathan Dewald, vol. 6, Charles Scribner's Sons, 2004, pp. 219-226. Gale Virtual Reference Library, go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?p=GVRL&sw=w&u=stev76221&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CCX3404901202&sid=GVRL&asid=9a463eb0968c98bb2ed85b82f190045a. Accessed 13 Nov. 2017. 

]]> 2017-11-09 17:47:14 UTC https://padlet.com/99014138/g0s9teuhwkq1/wish/205407642 99014440 https://padlet.com/99014138/g0s9teuhwkq1/wish/205408277 During this time, witchcraft occurred in groups who challenged both Catholic doctrines and papal jurisdiction. It was believed that "witch-heretics flew off to a "sabbath" where they renounced their Christian faith and baptism, worshipped the devil, danced together, and enjoyed a cannibalistic feast, devouring children whom they had killed while using their fat or other body parts to make loathsome potions." This was a huge superstition at the time, and many people would accuse someone of witchcraft if someone seemed to look or act different from others. Since the details of witchcraft seemed very foul, it was decided back then that witchcraft is a crime that deserves punishment. 


]]> 2017-11-09 17:48:18 UTC https://padlet.com/99014138/g0s9teuhwkq1/wish/205408277 99014138 https://padlet.com/99014138/g0s9teuhwkq1/wish/205408516 Witchcraft in the late 16th and 17th century caused witches to be targeted. During that time, witches were considered old, ugly, evil spirits who would serve the devil to gain power as revenge, due too their struggles such as infertility. As rumors spread, "witches were no longer the subject of folklore and medieval myths - they were a real, tangible representation of the devil. They could inflict diseases on people, spoil crops, bring about bad weather, and perform other unspeakable and detestable acts of devil's work.]]> 2017-11-09 17:48:45 UTC https://padlet.com/99014138/g0s9teuhwkq1/wish/205408516 99015481 https://padlet.com/99014138/g0s9teuhwkq1/wish/205413504 2017-11-09 17:58:19 UTC https://padlet.com/99014138/g0s9teuhwkq1/wish/205413504 99014440 https://padlet.com/99014138/g0s9teuhwkq1/wish/206559365

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