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The town was split between Salem Village, which consisted of poor farmers, and Salem Town, which were merchants that prospered in the new economy. Many believe though, that if you prospered in the new economy it questioned your Puritan faith.
Once Parris became the new minister of Salem, he claimed the new economy was work of the devil.
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Where did the Salem Witch Trials occur?
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.
Increase Mather led the call to end what?
The Salem witch trials. Increase Mather was too smart and political knowlegdable to believe that there were witches.
How are the Salem witch trials and maccarthyism different?
The Salem Witch Trials were done for religious purposes. (witches- people who work with Satan) McCarthyism was done for political purposes. (communists)
What is the political effects of the Salem witch trials?
The Salem witch trials gave a reason for the use of spectral evidence in trial to be banned in court, something that hadn't happened before.
What American town is famous for witch trials?
The American town famous for the Witch Trials (called the Salem Witch Trials) is Salem, Massachusetts.
Where were the Salem witch trials?
Salem, Massachusets.
Salem witch trials 1603 - 1606?
There were no witch trials in Salem in those years. The trials happened in 1692 and 1693.
Is the Salem that Count Zinzendorf founded in 1753 the same Salem as the town with the witch trials?
No. How could a town founded 60 years after the trials ended have had them? The Salem Witch Trials took place in Salem, Massachusetts.
How were the trials during the Salem Witch Trials different from trials today?
Obviously, the Salem Witch Trials tried a very different crime. But, other than that, the Salem Trials were very much like a normal civil trial today.
Difference between Salem witch trials and Salem court trials?
its the same event no difference
Where the Salem witch trials started?
In Salem, Massachussets............. Salem Village
What city had witch trials in the 1690s?
They happened in Salem.
