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Oct 17, 2024 · The Salem witch trials (1692–93) were a series of investigations and persecutions that caused 19 convicted ‘witches’ to be hanged and many other suspects to be imprisoned in Salem Village in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Oct 7, 2024 · The witch trial craze in Salem Village faded in 1693, possibly due in part to the public stance taken by prominent anti-witch-trial figures like Puritan minister Cotton Mather.
Nov 4, 2011 · Salem Witch Trials: What Caused the Hysteria? Explore five factors that fueled unease and panic over accusations of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials.
May 26, 2024 · Historians and scholars have proposed various theories and explanations for the Salem Witch Trials, seeking to understand the complex factors that contributed to the outbreak of accusations and the escalation of the trials.
Sep 26, 2023 · Here are five factors behind how accusations of witchcraft escalated to the point of mass hysteria, resulting in the Salem witch trials. 1. Idea of Witchcraft as a Threat Was Brought From...
- Elizabeth Yuko
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Oct 27, 2015 · The economic theories of the Salem events tend to be two-fold: the first attributes the witchcraft trials to an economic downturn caused by a “little ice age” that lasted from 1550-1800; the second cites socioeconomic issues in Salem itself.
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The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693. More than 200 people were accused. Thirty people were found guilty, nineteen of whom were executed by hanging (fourteen women and five men).
