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Halucinations linked to a mold that grows on wheat caused many Europeans who were Christian zealots to see devils and scary bible things. In their myopic world the only way that they could explain their haluciantions was to say that it was something demonic. The Europeans were done with their witch trials when it hit America. They had learned from them, but America had to experience it for herself. Again religious zealots who don't think highly of women, expecially old single women, made sport out of burning them alive and giving them impossible trials that no one could survive. Under torture a person would be forced to name another "witch", if that person gave a name, then the next person would be tortured and killed. The American witch trials were sparked from the over active imagination of a few adolecent girls. They continued because religious men and councel men gained power by governing over who was going to live and who was going to die and how. This probably provided great entertainment just as the blood sports of the Roman age had. It was also a great way to have someone whom offended you or that you were jealous of killed. The trials document how brutal and ruthless humans can be even to their next door neighbors of whom they depended on for survival in early America. sad, sick and true.
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Why are witch trials so important today?
Witch trials tell us a lot about human psychology, and about the foolishness and evil that results from ignorance and superstition.
What are other witch trials in the unioted states?
The first witch trial in the US was in Windsor Connecitcutt. There was also a trial in Boston.
How are the Salem Witch Trials and the Rosenberg Spy Trials alike?
They really aren't. The Salem Witch Trials tried regular people accused of witchcraft and convicted in Puritan society. The Rosenburg Trials tried two people who were trying to spy on the US during a time of diplomatic hostilities.
Why did the witch trials occur in Salem Massachusetts only in the 1690s and why didn't the other places in the US have witch trials or found witches?
There were others in history. Connecticutt, Maine and other locations in Massachusetts. Connecticutt was actually the first state to execute an accused witch. None in the 1690s, however. But there was nothing special about that decade for witch hunting.
Were there other witch trials in places other then Salem?
There were witch trials all over Europe long before Salem was stolen colonized. The burnings of which you hear happened only in Scotland and continental Europe. In England and Ireland, they went with the more 'humane' method of hanging, as they had already had their fun the people had suffered enough. EDIT: The Salem were not even the first in America. That title goes to a the trial of Alyse Young of Windsor, Connecticutt. Margaret Jones, of Boston, was the first tried in Massachusetts.
Why are witch trials so important today?
Witch trials tell us a lot about human psychology, and about the foolishness and evil that results from ignorance and superstition.
What are other witch trials in the unioted states?
The first witch trial in the US was in Windsor Connecitcutt. There was also a trial in Boston.
What does Salem witch trails and US treatment of terror suspects have in common?
The salem witch trials had salem freaked out which is kinda the same for the terror we have here in the US
How are the Salem Witch Trials and the Rosenberg Spy Trials alike?
They really aren't. The Salem Witch Trials tried regular people accused of witchcraft and convicted in Puritan society. The Rosenburg Trials tried two people who were trying to spy on the US during a time of diplomatic hostilities.
Was windsor the first place to hold witch trials in the US?
If you mean Windsor in Connecticutt, then yes.
What do the Salem witch trials tell us about the people of the early colonies?
That they knew nothing about mental health.
Why did the witch trials occur in Salem Massachusetts only in the 1690s and why didn't the other places in the US have witch trials or found witches?
There were others in history. Connecticutt, Maine and other locations in Massachusetts. Connecticutt was actually the first state to execute an accused witch. None in the 1690s, however. But there was nothing special about that decade for witch hunting.
Were there other witch trials in places other then Salem?
There were witch trials all over Europe long before Salem was stolen colonized. The burnings of which you hear happened only in Scotland and continental Europe. In England and Ireland, they went with the more 'humane' method of hanging, as they had already had their fun the people had suffered enough. EDIT: The Salem were not even the first in America. That title goes to a the trial of Alyse Young of Windsor, Connecticutt. Margaret Jones, of Boston, was the first tried in Massachusetts.
What was happening in US history in 1685?
Nothing. The United Sates didn't exist until 1776.
Is Europe a US?
No,the US is in North America and Europe is a different continent.
How was the Salem witch trials nand the McCarthy trials the same?
Both involved fear of something or someone inflitrating a community. In Salem, it was witches. McCarthysts believed that there were communists and soviet spies in the US Congress.
What effects did the Salem witch trials have on the us?
Relationships between people and families seemed to crumble in the light of hysteria as children accused parents and friends pointed out friends.
