The Puritans held the Salem Witch Trails in 1692.
Salem Witch Trials had to do with a group of girls accusing women for witch craft, while in McCarthyism a man accused people for being communist.
The individuals who accused others of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials were primarily Puritans. The Puritan community in Salem Village, Massachusetts, was characterized by strict religious beliefs and a strong emphasis on moral conduct, which contributed to the witch hunt atmosphere. The trials took place in 1692, fueled by fear, superstition, and social tensions within the Puritan society. While the Pilgrims were also Puritans, they were a separate group that settled in Plymouth and were not directly involved in the Salem trials.
The Christian Religion is the most infamous of the Witch Hunters, there certainly were others as well, but Christians were still burning women, children, and men, as few as a couple hundred years ago, and many Christian Zealots, who have murdered their own Children in the last few years, used such excuses as, the children were possessed by this or that, and Jesus told me to Kill them. Of Course if you're looking for the Main Sect Responsible, you must look to the Catholic Church.
The most prominent Puritan minister in Massachusetts at the time would either be Increase or Cotton Mather. Increase, Cotton's father, was in England trying to get the colony's charter back during most of the trials, making Cotton the most prominent that was physically there. Samuel Parris and Nicholas Noyes were the ministers in Salem Village and Salem Town respectivly, so both would have an impact on a witch crisis in Salem.
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Salem Witch Trials had to do with a group of girls accusing women for witch craft, while in McCarthyism a man accused people for being communist.
Salem witch crafts were in 1962 and it was a group of people that thought they were witchs and got harshly beaten and some times hanged for beliving what they want to
The Circle Girls were a group of young girls in Salem Village who began exhibiting strange behavior in 1692 during the Salem Witch Trials. They played a role in accusing others of witchcraft, contributing to the hysteria that swept through the village.
One theory that attempts to explain the affliction states the the particularly damp fall allowed Ergot fungus to grow on the wheat and rye that would feed Salem over the winter, when the afflictions began. Ingesting Ergot causes Ergotism, the symptoms of which included hallucinations and stiffness in the limbs. It is hard to validate this theory, seeing as if it was a fungus on grain, the affliction would have sprung up in entire households and not sporadically with one of two people from each house.
The individuals who accused others of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials were primarily Puritans. The Puritan community in Salem Village, Massachusetts, was characterized by strict religious beliefs and a strong emphasis on moral conduct, which contributed to the witch hunt atmosphere. The trials took place in 1692, fueled by fear, superstition, and social tensions within the Puritan society. While the Pilgrims were also Puritans, they were a separate group that settled in Plymouth and were not directly involved in the Salem trials.
The Puritans had a large hand in the Salem Witch Trials and subsequent hangings. Not all but many of the accused were women and Puritans had very strict views of a woman's subservience to men and her place in society. Look at the Related Links below to read more about the trials.
This is a highly theoretical issue, but if I were to advise someone who lived in Salem in the 17th century and had been accused of witchcraft, I would tell that person to leave town, and move to some very distant location. It was never possible to prove that you are nota witch. That would require a much more sane group of people than the good citizens of Salem.
They aren't. The witch trials are not an example of religious discrimination. Puritans accused fellow Puritans of being witches. It was Puritans accusing Wiccans or Catholics or any different religious group.
The Christian Religion is the most infamous of the Witch Hunters, there certainly were others as well, but Christians were still burning women, children, and men, as few as a couple hundred years ago, and many Christian Zealots, who have murdered their own Children in the last few years, used such excuses as, the children were possessed by this or that, and Jesus told me to Kill them. Of Course if you're looking for the Main Sect Responsible, you must look to the Catholic Church.
The most prominent Puritan minister in Massachusetts at the time would either be Increase or Cotton Mather. Increase, Cotton's father, was in England trying to get the colony's charter back during most of the trials, making Cotton the most prominent that was physically there. Samuel Parris and Nicholas Noyes were the ministers in Salem Village and Salem Town respectivly, so both would have an impact on a witch crisis in Salem.