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The Salem witch trials. Increase Mather was too smart and political knowlegdable to believe that there were witches.
The Salem trials were held in the summer and early autumn of 1692. There were other witch trials in Massachusetts. For example, there were witch trials and hangings in Boston in 1656.
The American town famous for the Witch Trials (called the Salem Witch Trials) is Salem, Massachusetts.
The Trials were conducted in the towns of Salem Village, Salem Town, Andover, and Ipswich. The accused were said to be Witches from the counties of Essex, Suffolk, and Middlesex, in Massachusetts, New England.
No witches were ever burned at Salem. In Puritan society, witchcraft was a felony and punishable by hanging. During the Salem Witch Trials, 19 people suffered that fate.
The last of the Salem Witch trials ended in may 1693
Bridget Bishop
There were no actual, practicing witches invovled, accused or otherwise existing in Salem during the witch trials.
Nineteen.
The Salem Witch Trials were done for religious purposes. (witches- people who work with Satan) McCarthyism was done for political purposes. (communists)
The Salem witch trials. Increase Mather was too smart and political knowlegdable to believe that there were witches.
The book "Time of the Witches" takes place in early colonial America, particularly in the town of Salem, Massachusetts, during the Salem Witch Trials in the late 17th century.
they where basically people accusing other people of being witches
in "the Salem witch trials" over 100 people were accused of being a witch.
The Salem trials were held in the summer and early autumn of 1692. There were other witch trials in Massachusetts. For example, there were witch trials and hangings in Boston in 1656.
Samuel Paris worked as a minister in Salem, Massachusetts during the Salem witch trials. His daughter and niece were both amongst the girls who were accused of being witches.
Nineteen, fourteen women and five men.