There are far more than two causes to that debacle. Two causes, as you asked for, are King Philips War and a smallpox epidemic.
Witch trials had been going on during the previous centuries before the trials. There were many in Europe and the British Isles. There had been two in Connecticutt and three in Boston before Salem.
William Stoughton and Thomas Danforth
There was only ONE person pressed to death during the Salem Witch Trials. His name was Giles Corey.
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.
1692
The Salem Witch Trials took place over two hundred years after the year in your question, in 1692.
Richard Nixon wouldn't be born for more than two centuries after the Salem Witch Trials ended.
Witch trials had been going on during the previous centuries before the trials. There were many in Europe and the British Isles. There had been two in Connecticutt and three in Boston before Salem.
William Stoughton and Thomas Danforth
There was only ONE person pressed to death during the Salem Witch Trials. His name was Giles Corey.
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.
1692
The two main families in the area, and the prime example in the Village-Town feud theory, are the Putnams of Salem Village and the Porters of Salem Town.
First of all, the Salem Witch Trials were much earlier. They were more in the 1600s.Secondly, there are many parallels between the two. If you have ever read The Crucible, the author, Arthur Miller, was highly motivated by the red scare when he wrote it.
There are two US states that have a city named Salem in them. They are Salem, Massachusetts and Salem, Oregon. The one in Massachusetts is more well know because that is where the Salem witch trials took place in 1692.
Abigail Faulkner was accused of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials but was never formally charged or prosecuted. She was able to avoid being implicated as a witch by presenting a strong defense and having influential supporters in the community. After the trials concluded, she continued to live in Salem and was not further targeted.
Cotton Mather and Deodot Lawson