'Persecution and the Salem Witch Trials'

'The capital of Oregon ravish Trials was based on a serial of hearings and prosecutions of nation that were impeach of witchcraft in Colonial Massachusetts, foul in 1692 amid capital of Oregon town and Salem hamlet. It resulted in the demise of 20 people, which were broadly speaking women. The people that were accused of witchcraft were portrayed as worshipers of the devil.i It was admitted that the trial were a mistake and the colony compensated the families of those convicted. Salem liquidation was a town of mostly farthestmers, and Salem town was a much prosperous metropolis which wealthy merchants lived. The farmers who lived far from prosperity believed mundanity threatened their prude values. One of the major families to denounce the mundane ship canal was the Putnams: an powerful force empennage witchcraft accusations. Tensions thus became worse when Salem village picked empyrean Samuel Parris as their wise minister. He overly denounced the worldly way s and economic prosperity of Salem town. He thought of it as the influence of the devil. In January of 1692, the daughter and niece of empyreal Samuel Parris of Salem Village became really sick. She kicked, kicked and and flipped her consistency in conflicting positions. When she failed to get healthful, the village doctor, William Griggs, was called in. His diagnosis of enthrallment put into presention; the forces that would result in the death by hanging of xix men and women. In addition, one earth was crushed to death; seven others died in prison, and the lives of many were changedii. The empyrean began to practice abstinence to counter act the witchcraft further the girls strange look continued, stomping and starving for weeks. around believed that the girls fit was triggered by poison on rye and non by concealed witches alone. Thats because one bit she would be well behave therefore the next import she would go into a fit. This would happen just about system atically between a a few(prenominal) girls. It would happen when psyche came to see them. That hunt people ...'