They didn't. The witch trials were partially caused by the tensions between the strict Puritans and the less religious Yankee population.
There's this social theory called 'Salem Factionalism.' It describes the tension resulting from the agriculture and religion based Salem Village to the capitalist commercial Salem Town.
The Salem witch trials were very scary, 'cause you didn't know what was to happen or if you could prove your innocence and be set free.
No, because it really wasn't their fault. They didn't help the outcome, but they were not the cause.
Theories that the affliction was cause by Ergotism and theories about Encephalitis have been presented but no theory has been proven.
At the time, not very much. Now we know how easy it is to kill innocent people. The people of Salem learned that a healthy amount of skeptisim when something based in their religion is not a bad thing.
There's this social theory called 'Salem Factionalism.' It describes the tension resulting from the agriculture and religion based Salem Village to the capitalist commercial Salem Town.
The Salem witch trials were very scary, 'cause you didn't know what was to happen or if you could prove your innocence and be set free.
strict puritans lived in Salem, they were protestants who did not belive in playing and messing aroud as it was deemed as aufull behaivior and could have been the cause of the Salem witch trials of 1692
No, because it really wasn't their fault. They didn't help the outcome, but they were not the cause.
Using witchcraft to cause harm to *very very long list of people*
Theories that the affliction was cause by Ergotism and theories about Encephalitis have been presented but no theory has been proven.
It depends on which theory of affliction you're taking about. Many theories state that mental illness was the cause. Hysteria is also bandied about.
She died in 1697, five years after the Salem Witch Trials, at the age of 17. There is no confirmed cause of death, the only reference indicating that it may have been from a STD. In the Arthur Miller play, The Crucible, she is depicted as 17 at the time of the trials.
At the time, not very much. Now we know how easy it is to kill innocent people. The people of Salem learned that a healthy amount of skeptisim when something based in their religion is not a bad thing.
The conflict is between religion and common sense. Religion said the girls were bewitched and telling the truth. Common sense they could be lying. In an age before they knew what the common cold was, there was no way they could figure out which was right easily.
The Reverend comes to Salem to find out what caused Betty's illness.
The Salem Trail started when people gave other people that lived in the village an odd/ strange look and decided to claim them as a witch. EDIT: The Salem Witch panic, that lead to the trials, began when girls in Salem began having so-called "fits." The best comparision I can make is to epilepsy. The people of the day blamed witches and asked the girls for names. The afflciction spread and many were accused. 19 ended up convicted and hanged. Today, we do not know for sure what cause the affliction, except that it wasn't witchcraft.