https://padlet.com/sivyalexander/xuuq51cggimsu257 en-us 2021-01-14 16:31:01 UTC 2025-12-08 13:23:05 UTC hello@padlet.com sivyalexander https://padlet.com/sivyalexander/xuuq51cggimsu257/wish/1088012240 The Salem with trials occurred in colonial Massachusetts between 1692 and 1693. Over 200 people were accused of being witches. 20 people were executed. Eventually, the colony admitted the trials were a mistake. ]]> 2021-01-14 16:39:41 UTC https://padlet.com/sivyalexander/xuuq51cggimsu257/wish/1088012240 sivyalexander https://padlet.com/sivyalexander/xuuq51cggimsu257/wish/1106760730 The cause of the Salem Witch Trials was church politics. Ergot Poisoning is also a possible reason why the Salem Witch Trials occurred.]]> 2021-01-20 17:16:15 UTC https://padlet.com/sivyalexander/xuuq51cggimsu257/wish/1106760730 sivyalexander https://padlet.com/sivyalexander/xuuq51cggimsu257/wish/1107129689 A Woman is on trial.]]> 2021-01-20 18:30:04 UTC https://padlet.com/sivyalexander/xuuq51cggimsu257/wish/1107129689 sivyalexander https://padlet.com/sivyalexander/xuuq51cggimsu257/wish/1107134803 A woman is being accused of being a witch.]]> 2021-01-20 18:31:07 UTC https://padlet.com/sivyalexander/xuuq51cggimsu257/wish/1107134803 sivyalexander https://padlet.com/sivyalexander/xuuq51cggimsu257/wish/1107136601 A girl is accused during the Salem Witch Trials. (Bettman/CORBIS)]]> 2021-01-20 18:31:29 UTC https://padlet.com/sivyalexander/xuuq51cggimsu257/wish/1107136601 sivyalexander https://padlet.com/sivyalexander/xuuq51cggimsu257/wish/1110560454 Consumption of rye grains contaminated with a fungus known as ergot can cause hallucinations and convulsions.]]> 2021-01-21 15:50:32 UTC https://padlet.com/sivyalexander/xuuq51cggimsu257/wish/1110560454 sivyalexander https://padlet.com/sivyalexander/xuuq51cggimsu257/wish/1110561586 "These evil spirits are all around." Proves the cause of The Witch Trials because evil spirits are often associated with religious beliefs.]]> 2021-01-21 15:50:50 UTC https://padlet.com/sivyalexander/xuuq51cggimsu257/wish/1110561586 sivyalexander https://padlet.com/sivyalexander/xuuq51cggimsu257/wish/1110562831 In Document C it also says, "the houses of Christians, where our God has had his constant worship, have undergone the annoyance of evil spirits." This proves that church politics were the cause of The Trials because it mentions the "houses of Christians."]]> 2021-01-21 15:51:09 UTC https://padlet.com/sivyalexander/xuuq51cggimsu257/wish/1110562831 sivyalexander https://padlet.com/sivyalexander/xuuq51cggimsu257/wish/1110582366 In document C it says"These evil spirits are all around. There is confined unto the atmosphere of our air a vast power or army of evil spirits under the government of a Prince (Satan) who employs them in a continual opposition to the designs of God." This proves that the reason the Salem Witch Trials occurred was because of church politics because in Document C it speaks of people opposing god. They state this as a bad thing so whoever wrote that about "witches" must have been religious.]]> 2021-01-21 15:55:57 UTC https://padlet.com/sivyalexander/xuuq51cggimsu257/wish/1110582366 sivyalexander https://padlet.com/sivyalexander/xuuq51cggimsu257/wish/1110850061 Document E was not helpful in finding evidence to support my claim.]]> 2021-01-21 16:44:22 UTC https://padlet.com/sivyalexander/xuuq51cggimsu257/wish/1110850061 sivyalexander https://padlet.com/sivyalexander/xuuq51cggimsu257/wish/1110873443 In conclusion, the reason why the Salem Witch Trials occurred because of the church's politics and because of the consumption of Ergot.]]> 2021-01-21 16:48:38 UTC https://padlet.com/sivyalexander/xuuq51cggimsu257/wish/1110873443