Why did the Salem Witch Trials start?
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There were young girls that made the claim that a woman was a witch and it got out of control from there. The gilrs started claiming that they even saw more women involved and the lies got so large that they couldn't retract their stories. The town people panicked and started burning the women that were accused and stoning people also. They even claimed the Mayor's wife was a witch. Check it out in the local library, I think you will find it most interesting.
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witchcraft in scotland was tolerated until just after the reformation, when people started getting suspicious.  witch hunting really took off after james the six published a book on "demonology" after that we see waves of percecution of witches whenever something bad happens, eg failed crop.  the last witch was executed in scotland in 1727.\n\nIf you are after any specific information send me a message.
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People always fear what they don't understand and most people know nothing of Wiccans. In addition, the majority of people associate witchcraft with evil, as portrayed in many films, ie., something/someone working against God, and children's fairy stories are full of 'wicked witches', so it's something we learn in childhood.
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I think it all started when prayer was taken out of everything.    We can no longer pray in schools or in public. The Bible or The Ten Conmendents can be displayed in public.  We as a nation need to put God back where He belongs. This nation was founded on in God We Trust, we as a nation have to put our trust back in Him.
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Check out this site on Salem Witches
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I can give you the themes and you should be able to knock together your own essay:\n\nYou need to give it a modern twist - so how about comparing it to the current view of Muslims and terrorists (using the themes below). A certain A Grade.\n\n1) Intolerance\n\nThe Crucible is set in a theocratic society: the church and the state are one, religion is strict - known as Puritanism. moral laws and state laws are the same: sin and the status of an individual’s soul are matters of public concern. There is no room for deviation, since any individual whose private life doesn’t conform to the established moral laws represents a threat not only to the public good but also to the rule of God. In Salem, everything and everyone belongs to either God or the Devil; dissent is not merely unlawful, it is associated with satanic activity. This is underlying logic behind the witch trials. As Danforth says in Act III, “a person is either with this court or he must be counted against it.” The witch trials are the ultimate expression of intolerance (and hanging witches is the ultimate means of restoring the community’s purity.\n\nWE ARE INTOLLERENT OF MUSLIMS\n\n2) Hysteria - is tearing apart a community. Hysteria supplants logic and enables people to believe that their neighbors, whom they have always considered upstanding people, are committing absurd and unbelievable crimes—communing with the devil, killing babies, and so on. It also allows folk to air their pent up grievences and grudges.\n\nThe most obvious case is Abigail, who uses the situation to accuse Elizabeth Proctor of witchcraft and have her sent to jail. But others thrive on the hysteria as well: Reverend Parris strengthens his position within the village, albeit temporarily, by making scapegoats of people like Proctor who question his authority. The wealthy, ambitious Thomas Putnam gains revenge on Francis Nurse by getting Rebecca, Francis’s virtuous wife, convicted of the supernatural murders of Ann Putnam’s babies. In the end, hysteria can thrive only because people benefit from it. It suspends the rules of daily life and allows the acting out of every dark desire and hateful urge under the cover of righteousness.\n\nWE THINK ALL MUSLIMS ARE TERRORISTS\n\n3) Reputation\n\nReputation is tremendously important in theocratic Salem, where public and private moralities are one and the same. In an environment where reputation plays such an important role, the fear of guilt by association becomes particularly pernicious. Focused on maintaining public reputation, the townsfolk of Salem must fear that the sins of their friends and associates will taint their names. Various characters base their actions on the desire to protect their respective reputations. As the play begins, Parris fears that Abigail’s increasingly questionable actions, and the hints of witchcraft surrounding his daughter’s coma, will threaten his reputation and force him from the pulpit. Meanwhile, the protagonist, John Proctor, also seeks to keep his good name from being tarnished. Early in the play, he has a chance to put a stop to the girls’ accusations, but his desire to preserve his reputation keeps him from testifying against Abigail. At the end of the play, however, Proctor’s desire to keep his good name leads him to make the heroic choice not to make a false confession and to go to his death without signing his name to an untrue statement. “I have given you my soul; leave me my name!” he cries to Danforth in Act IV. By refusing to relinquish his name, he redeems himself for his earlier failure and dies with integrity.\n\nWE BELIEVE THAT MUSLIMS ARE BAD AS IT IS THE AMERICAN THING TO DO. OTHERWISE - WHAT OF THE REPUTATION OF OUR SOLDIERS IN IRAQ?
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If they did apoligize, it whouldnt mean anything. they whould apoligize but do similar things to the witchtrials again at a later date, with no regrets at what they are doing at the moment. thats the sad truth of the matter.
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Halloween is , in concept, descended from the Celtic calendar's Samhain, which was the day that marked the turn of the season into the long dark of winter. Being an in-between time, it was also a portal for the dead to revisit the earth. The ancient tradition of the Mummer's Dance also goes back to this, as people put on masks and went from door to door "in place of the spirits". It is an entirely Pagan holy day, and also was the time that the Seelie Court turned over rule to their dark counterparts, the Unseelie.
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I have visited salem many times, and have gone to school there, I find it to be a nice town.  I have never had any problems there, but every town has its pro's and con's.  \n\nHere is the website for the city to get more informaiton\nhttp://www.cityofsalem.net/\n\nGood luck!
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Hmm. I think maybe you mean "Forfarshire" , i.e., the former "Shire" or county area in Scotland which was administrated from the county town of Forfar. \n\nIt is now in the region of Angus. \n\nInteresting historical town Forfar, with a history of witch burning which would rival , if not surpass, Salem.
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O Christian Martyr Who for Truth could die \nWhen all about thee Owned the hideous lie! \nThe world, redeemed from superstition's sway, \nIs breathing freer for thy sake today. \n--Words written by John Greenleaf Whittier and inscribed on a monument marking the grave of Rebecca Nurse, one of the condemned "witches" of Salem \n\n\nI found a site there's to much to copy and paste so check sorces.
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It comes from a long history of being persecuted and murdered. Holocaust, terror attacks, inquisitions, crusades, pogroms, false accusations of drinking blood.. etc, etc,
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Women who were independent, free thinkers and those who did not follow the norm.  Also, any woman that the government/church felt was threatening to them.  Check out "The Crucible", it's a whole movie about witch trials.
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How about this below and here are all the resources for you to write a great essay, good luck.\n\nSalem Witch Trials\n\nSalem Witch Trials FAQ Page\n\nhttp://www.salemwitchtrials.com/faqs.html\n\nhttp://www.17thc.us/\n\nMy link collection currently contains 282 links, which are cross-indexed in the following 25 categories and checked for 404 errors ("File Not Found") on a regular basis. The titles and my descriptions of the sites are searchable.\n\nMap of Salem Village: Witchcraft Accusations\n\nhttp://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/~bcr/salem/salem.html\n\nThis site presents a map of the village and timeline presenting who and where witch accusations occurred in March 1692. Click on the red and blue dots next to the names to find out more about individuals accused. This site may be slow to download.\n\nhttp://www.salemweb.com/memorial/\n\nhttp://etext.virginia.edu/salem/witchcraft/\n\nhttp://www.salemweb.com/guide/witches.shtml\n\nhttp://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/salemwitchtrials/\n\nhttp://etext.lib.virginia.edu/salem/witchcraft/texts/transcripts.html\n\nA small girl fell sick in 1692. Her “fitts”—convulsions, contortions, and outbursts of gibberish—baffled everyone. Other girls soon manifested the same symptoms. Their doctor could suggest but one cause, Witchcraft.\n\nhttp://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/salem/\n\nYou may click on the town and city names on the map below to view pictures (where available) and read about the sites in these locations.\n\nhttp://www.salemwitchmuseum.com/\n\nhttp://www.salemwitchtrials.com/\n\nhttp://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/SALEM.HTM\n\nGood luck.\n\nKevin, Liverpool, England.
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well i lived in Salem mass and some of the more famous names in the trials were Rebeca nurse for one if you need to go to the web site Salem mass . com and you ll see the homes that were built back then and it will give you links to the trials or you could go to the library and research it if you don't want to use web pages . good luck
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i don't remember EXACTLY, but he tells them something about land ownership that proves someone else's innocence...i think something having to do with thomas putnam.  he says that "someone" told him that putnam owned something or did something land related, and was "killing his neighbors for their land" by accusing them of witchcraft, but that he can't tell them who told him.  since the source is quite important, they put him on trial to try and force him to tell them, but he won't, so they stone him in contempt of court.
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Early Modern Europe is a big window.  Please Elaborate.  Are you referencing the period after 1500, or before?\n\nIn terms of numbers and percentages, there actually were few cases of witchcraft and few people accused.  The majority of people accused were heretics, and also midwives.  Logically speaking, there are several possibilities.\n\n1.  They were witches.\n2.  They were political enemies of their accusers, or the handlers of their accusers.\n3.  They had wealth, and their death allowed its capture.\n4.  They were ideological opposed to the belief structure, and suffered the fate of all iconoclasts.