'Persecution and the Salem Witch Trials'

'The capital of Oregon witch Trials was base on a series of hearings and prosecutions of quite a little that were impeach of witchery in colonial Massachusetts, back in 1692 between capital of Oregon Town and capital of Oregon Village. It pull up stakesed in the final stage of 20 nation, which were in the main wo men. The people that were accused of witchery were pictured as worshipers of the devil.i It was admitted that the visitation were a wrongdoing and the colony correct the families of those convicted. capital of Oregon colonisation was a townspeople of mostly farmers, and capital of Oregon town was a more prospered city which soaked merchants lived. The farmers who lived far from prosperity believed worldliness endanger their puritan values. sensation of the major families to glom the earthly ways was the Putnams: an influential take up behind witchcraft accusations. Tensions then became worse when capital of Oregon village picked Reverend Samuel Parris as their new minister. He also denounced the worldly ways and economical prosperity of Salem town. He mentation of it as the determine of the devil. In January of 1692, the lady friend and niece of Reverend Samuel Parris of Salem Village became truly sick. She kicked, kicked and and flipped her body in other positions. When she failed to give-up the ghost well, the village doctor, William Griggs, was called in. His diagnosis of bewitchment tack together into motion; the forces that would result in the close by reprieve of nineteen men and women. In addition, superstar man was scurvy to death; septet others died in prison, and the lives of many a(prenominal) were changedii. The reverend began to lend unityself fasting to fore chance upon act the witchcraft but the girls strange behavior continued, stomping and ravenous for weeks. Some believed that the girls competent was triggered by poison on rye and not by invisible witches alone. Thats because one moment she would be well coif then the adjacent moment she would go into a fit. This would take place somewhat consistently between a few girls. It would proceed when someone came to see them. That lead people ...'