| There are very few people who have not
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| | They were in constant search of signs to
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| heard of Salem and the infamous witch
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| | let them know where they were going to
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| trials that were held there in 1692.
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| | end up. The world of God and Angels and
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| These trials cost twenty people their
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| | the Devil was as real to them as the
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| lives, they were executed, while another
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| | woods that surrounded their farms.
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| two hundred were imprisoned, and five of
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| | Combined with the belief that women were
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| those people died as well. What started
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| | to be subservient to men and that women
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| it all anyway, was it just the Puritans
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| | were more likely to work for the Devil
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| dealing with a witch kick hysteria? Did
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| | than a man would, women were seen
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| they use less desirable, or perhaps too
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| | naturally as lustful beings. Restrictions
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| desirable of people as scapegoats for
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| | heaped upon the females, the adventures
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| their own failings? To be fair and not be
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| | of the males and the inability for
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| guilty of the same crimes as the Puritans
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| | secrecy in such a small town was a
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| were in 1692, we will look at their
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| | feeding ground.
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| beliefs in an effort to understand.
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| | But it was two little girls that would
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| Salem Village was torn by disputes
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| | bring to life the witch trials. Betty
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| between neighbors over whether or not
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| | Paris who was nine, and Abigail Williams
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| Samuel Parris should be the first
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| | who was eleven were victim to fits that
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| ordained minister. At the same time, at
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| | were beyond natural disease. It is
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| the east end of Maine, there was a
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| | reported that these girls screamed and
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| terrible massacre by the Abenaki Indians.
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| | threw things, made strange sounds,
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| They killed many of the citizens of York
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| | crawled under furniture and put
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| and who they didn't kill they took
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| | themselves in odd positions. During
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| captive.
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| | sermons, the girls would cover their ears
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| Neighbors also feuded over land because
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| | in fear. Dr. William Griggs, who did
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| families were growing and their economy
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| | their examination, could find no signs of
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| was based on farming. Bad weather could
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| | ailment. Then others in the village began
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| come and wipe out an entire year's crop.
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| | to exhibit the same symptoms.
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| It became harder and harder to support a
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| | They believed that this hysteria was
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| family, which forced farmers to push
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| | caused by a slave called Tituba who
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| their lands into the wilderness where
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| | entertained the little girls. It was
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| they would come across the people that
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| | Tituba, Sarah Osborne and Sarah Good that
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| lived there. With the Puritans dedication
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| | were the first three to be brought to
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| to spreading their religious beliefs,
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| | trial. All of whom were undesirable
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| this added even more tension to an
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| | people, one because of ethnicity and the
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| already boiling environment.
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| | other two because they were old and
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| The losses seemed to overwhelm them,
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| | unpleasant. Once accused, the possessions
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| crops, livestock and children combined
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| | of that person were taken. It is enough
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| with earthquakes and bad weather that
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| | to make one wonder if the Salem Witch
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| were all attributed to being the wrath of
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| | Trials were because the people were
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| their God. It is a Puritan belief that
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| | unhappy, and unwilling to except fate,
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| one's soul is predestined at birth as to
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| | they needed someone to blame and pay for
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| whether it will go to heaven or hell.
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| | what they felt they were owed.
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